Ayers Basement Systems Before & After Photos

Nick and his wife moved into their 1940 Swartz Creek, Michigan, home 5 years ago. Although, they didn’t start to have water issues until a few years later. Over time it was gotten much worse but until now they haven’t had the finances to take care of the issue. Now that they do, they want to make sure it’s done right. They had a couple of other estimates, but none were as thorough as ours.   

Nick’s basement is a concrete foundation with no sump pump. It’s an unfinished basement that gets water intrusion every time there are heavy rains. A few spots have what seem like fountains coming through the walls and other areas puddle on the floor. They’ve been using a shop vac regularly for much longer than they should have been and can’t wait to get the issue taken care of. To combat this issue, we would install WaterGuard throughout the basement. 

WaterGuard is a subfloor waterproofing system that collects water that leaks through the walls and keeps dirt away from the foundation. It is installed along the perimeter of the basement and on top of the footing of the foundation. Concrete is poured on top and regular flooring can be placed on top.  

Nick and his wife were elated by the craftmanship of work performed by our Ayers crew and loved how kind they were with them and their home. They felt so much relief knowing they wouldn't have to spend hours in the basement cleaning up water anymore. 

Margo and Chuck recently turned their Lewiston, MI vacation property into a permanent home. They’ve been dealing with cold floors, musty smells, and mold and mildew throughout the home. This job needed professional intervention, so the couple called Ayers. Our crew came in for an inspection and determined that Margo and Chuck would need our CleanSpace Wall System as well as a SaniDry Sedona Dehumidifier. 

The CleanSpace Wall System is a moisture barrier that uses a thick plastic liner along basement and crawl space walls to keep them dry and last decades longer. It also has antibacterial properties that prevent mold and bacteria growth. Damp air takes more energy to heat and cool. Cutting down on the moisture in the crawl space, in turn, will cut down on how much it costs to heat or cool the home. The SaniDry Sedona Dehumidifier automatically removes up to 100 pints of water a day from the air in the home’s basement. This system circulates the now dry air through the basement and automatically removes the leftover water so you don’t have to. 

Margo and Chuck were more than satisfied with the service provided by Ayers and cannot wait to save money and breathe easier in their home. 

We received a call from a worried customer looking for a solution to fix her bowing foundation wall. She made the right call trusting our foundation repair experts at Ayers, so we sent a crew to her home for a free inspection. Janice was told by our System Design Specialists that GeoLock Anchors would solve these issues. GeoLock Anchors will provide a long-lasting solution that will prevent any further inward movement of the wall. First, we install the interior anchor plate which sits on the inside of the foundation wall and will appear in your basement. Then we add a steel cable by drilling it through the plate, the wall, and the soil to a predetermined distance from the home. Finally, another plate is anchored to the other end of the cable in stable soil. Outside soil pressure caused this wall's bowing movement in the first place, so this solution will fix this. The cable can be tightened in the future, potentially straightening the wall. Janice was happy to have this foundation wall secured with a trustworthy fix!

Who wants a dirty, moist crawl space? No one. That's why this customer in Cheboygan, MI reached out for our help. As pictured, one of our specialist teams was able to transform this customer's crawl space -- with our patented CleanSpace crawl space encapsulation system. CleanSpace made of thick plastic that has anti-microbial components blended into it, preventing mold growth. CleanSpace also seals off your crawl space from the earth, making sure that no moisture or cold air will enter. 

 The owners of this home had placed a plastic liner over the floor of their crawl space in hopes of keeping moisture out. They thought this was working until they kept noticing a “musty crawl space” smell. The liner they installed was simply covering the wet ground with nowhere for it to go, so it’s likely that mold started to grow. Thankfully, they contacted Ayers and upgraded to CleanSpace.

CleanSpace is significantly thicker than most crawl space liners, and is made of many layers of polyester cord reinforced, making it very durable. The liner is laid on top of dimpled drainage matting, which allows water beneath the liner to flow to the sump pump. CleanSpace is also manufactured with an antimicrobial additive, preventing mold growth on the backside of the liner.

This crawl space liner provides full encapsulation keeping moisture and mold out.