Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Stevie needed help repairing her foundation basement wall because it was bowing and cracking. So our team installed PowerBrace, a foundation repair system that secures basement walls in place. This foundation repair system counteracts the outside pressures that cause your basement walls to crack or tilt by keeping your basement walls in place. Over time, the system can be tightened to not only secure the walls in place, but to also straighten them. 

What is more expensive, paying to fix a severe problem or paying to fix a mild problem? Fixing a mild problem, right! Well in foundation, mild problems will always turn into severe problems when given time along with no proper care. So, don't let your basement walls look like this repair them before they get to be to much of an issue. Luckily for this Hamilton homeowner, we were able to repair the issue using Wall Anchors. We install these by digging a tiny hole in that are a few feet away from the home. Then we drill a steel rod through a 1 inch hole in the basement wall. After that, the rod connects to an anchor that is placed in the hole of the soil. Once we place the plates on afterwards, we have permanently stabilized the basement. So now the homeowner doesn't have to worry about an unsafe basement ever again.

The homeowners had a bowing wall in their basement. Bowing walls are a sign of a serious foundation problem. Even though bowing is sometimes hard to spot, any amount of bowing in wall is an indication of a weakened structure. The biggest signs of a bowing wall are cracks in the wall, floors that are not level, doors, cabinets, or windows that do not shut properly, cracking in the upstairs plaster or drywall, or leaning of outside porches or chimneys. 

To combat this bowing wall our team decided to install GeoLock wall anchors. Galvanized steel earth anchors are embedded into the soil, out and away from the foundation wall. They are connected to steel wall plates with galvanized steel rods. Once installed, wall anchors will hold walls in their current position without any further adjustment. They can be tightened during dry periods allowing for improvement and straightening of the wall over time. 

This customer contacted us because she had two bowing walls in their basement that needed to get fixed because they were going to be selling their house. The homeowners had an offer on their home as long as they got the bowed walls in the basement taken care of. This is a real life example that proves it's best to fix foundation problems as soon as you can. Fixing your foundation can restore your homes value and it can seal the deal on selling your house.

We see all too often that homeowners try to hide cracks or bowing walls instead of actually fixing it. Painting over cracks or putting boards over your bowing wall are only band-aid fixes. The cracks and your failing foundation will continue to get worse and soon you will have to actually do something about it. By this time it could have gotten more expensive to fix or even worse your foundation could have failed you all together. I can't stress enough cracks, bowing walls and other foundation issues are not something to keep putting off. So please give us a call so we can get you a free inspection and estimate to give you peace of mind.

The Carbon Armor straps installed here are a very high tensile strength material that is almost impossible to stretch. Since it doesn't stretch it can be easily glued to concrete walls to stop them from bending or bowing any further. Carbon fiber will not straighten your wall, so if this is your goal then carbon armor straps are not the best option for you. Don't worry though, we have many other foundation solutions that can take care of whatever issue you may be experiencing. 

Russel tried DIY projects to raise his slanted kitchen floor, but nothing seemed to fix the issue. He was frustrated, so he researched his options online and gave Ayers a call. Our team of experts dropped by his house to evaluate the situation and recommended the installation of the SmartJacks supplement support system. SmartJacks are superior floor jacks, zinc plated, and hot-dipped in galvanized steel to insure durability. To reduce load-bearing stress on each SmartJack, the base is implanted two feet below the surface. Russel can't believe how balanced his kitchen floor is!