Ayers Basement Systems Before & After Photos

Loren had a slanted living room floor, so she tried a store-bought floor jack and exhausted her options in the "DIY" department. Her previous attempts to fix the issue didn't work, so she researched her options and called Ayers for help. Our specialists visited her home and recommended installing the SmartJacks supplemental support system. SmartJacks are a collection of floor jacks, zinc plated and hot-dipped in galvanized steel to provide durability. Each base is implanted two feet deep to reduce load-bearing stress and ensure longevity. Loren is happy with her level floor!

This customer had a story we're very familiar with: Any time there was heavy rain, water would seep into the crawl space and...stay there. The standing water led to mold, which led to a soft spot in the floor above. They needed to do something quickly. So they called Ayers.

We installed a new SmartSump system to drain the water from the floor, a SaniDry CX Air System to remove water from the air and eliminate the mold problem, and encapsulated the crawl space to seal it off from the floor above and protect the rest of the house from any humidity and mold damage.

This Coloma, MI homeowner was all packed up and ready to move. She was just waiting on one thing, a crawl space encapsulation. Worried about past moisture issues, she wanted to make sure nothing would hinder the sale or burden the next homeowner. For crawl space encapsulations, our crews use a plastic liner called the CleanSpace System. The CleanSpace system is an inorganic vapor barrier that won’t allow moisture to pass through or mold to grow. As you can see in the after photo, CleanSpace was used as a barrier for both the floor and walls, meaning there are absolutely no entry points for water vapor. Whoever does buy this home, will enjoy a moisture free crawl space. 

Ever since the sidewalk outside of this Coloma, MI home was redone, cracks had started to show on the basement walls. The owners didn’t know what to make of the problem, but they wanted to make sure it wasn’t a threat to their foundation. When our system design specialist took a trip out to advise them, he saw the slight curve in the middle of the wall (seen in the before picture) and immediately recognized the problem as bowing walls. Walls start to bow when the pressure from expanding soil pushes the wall inward.

To stop the inward pressure before it causes the wall to completely collapse, the crew anchored the wall to outside soil with our GeoLock Wall Anchors. The anchors pull the wall back outward using steel rod tie backs, which then connect to wall plates on the interior side. The wall plates are behind the white hide-away-covers in the after photo. While not necessary for the repair, they’re a nice option for those who want to keep their walls protected and looking good at the same time.

Robert had some damage to his front steps and wanted to raise them back to their original position. His home was built in the 1950s, but that wasnt a problem for Ayers, we love to work with homes of all sizes and time periods. 

We used PolyLevel to resolve his issue. PolyLevel is a state of the art approach to repairing sinking concrete. It uses less holes than other repair options, has a quick cure time, is waterproof, and lightweight.