Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

This homeowner in Alpena, MI called us because he had multiple problems with his foundation. The porch had caved in, the floors are no longer level, and as you can see in the “Before” photo, cracks were beginning to form on the outside. What you cannot see however, is that cracks were also forming on the inside of the house.

This foundation needs to be stabilized, and our Helical Piers are just the right application for this type of job. These are long steel shafts, placed deep into the ground of the soil. The footing of the home sits on top of these shafts using a heavy-duty steel anchor. Typically, like in this case, we install these anchors by excavating soil around the exterior of the home down to the footing and advancing the piers. These piers have the ability to help raise foundations back to their original position, and the installation is very fast and effective.

If you feel that you are beginning to have foundation issues in your home, please do not hesitate to call us. and we can come out for a free inspection.

This Hillman, MI home’s basement has been having issues with its wall. It had previously buckled, and to fix it, the homeowners tried to fill the empty space with sand. This worked, but only for a small period of time. The wall had now begun to bow, and moisture is seeping in through a crack.

To fix this problem, we installed our PowerBrace Foundation Wall Repair System. Consisting of steel I-beams that are secured to the joists above the wall with steel brackets, PowerBrace works by adjusting your walls slowly and carefully over time to make sure floor joists do not crack or break from the adjustments.

You also don’t have to worry about deterioration of the beams because PowerBrace is coated with zinc to ensure no rusting or deterioration occurs.

If you have issues with bowing, buckling, or cracked foundation walls like this home, Ayers Basement Systems has the solutions you need to stabilize your home's foundation. Call us today for a free inspection and we can send someone out to take a look!

Cracking and bowing foundation walls are a serious problem not only for your house, but also obviously for your family. That is why this family in Traverse City reached out to our expert team, who recommended our PowerBrace foundation wall repair system to solve their foundation issue. Steel I-beams are secured to joints above the wall and support the bowing, tilting, and buckling foundation walls. With the PowerBrace system in place, the family can now be confident that they are safe from a foundation collapse.

Over time, many basements experience shifts in foundation due to natural dirt and settlement movement. This can lead to bowing and curved walls which leads to an unsafe foundation of the home. The Steel I-beams installed in this basement will work to counteract this movement. The PowerBrace system is unique as it can be tightened to help return the walls to their original, straight position. The beams are attached from the ceiling to the floor foundation and the beams are resistant to corrosion and rust. 

Problems with your foundation walls can be a pain, but if you don't get them taken care of quickly, they can become a nightmare. That's why Nancy called us as soon as she noticed a problem. Her wall was beginning to bow, which created cracks. These cracks then lead to water leakage. If problems like these don't get taken care of quickly, one thing continuously leads to another over and over again. That's what was beginning to happen here, but luckily Nancy took care of it right away.

We went out to take a look for ourselves, and we knew right away that our PowerBrace Foundation Wall Repair System was the solution. In terms of stabilizing foundation walls, it doesn't get any better than PowerBrace. 

This system uses steel beams to properly secure the joists and prevent any further damage from taking place. PowerBrace can be important to customers not only because it stabilizes the walls, but also because the beams are zinc coated which makes the system resistant to any corrosion, also creating a non-toxic surface. This is what sets the PowerBrace system above any other system, because other systems typically either use uncoated or painted beams, meaning that they are far more susceptible to corrosion.

Thanks to the PowerBrace system, Nancy's wall is now stabilized and will avoid any further foundation troubles.