Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Corin and Caleb needed help stabilizing their bowing basement foundation wall. So they called our team and we installed the GeoLock Anchor System. In most cases this system can eventually straighten the wall back to its original position. It is done by putting heavy anchors in stable soil away from your foundation wall. This system is ideal because it involves minimal disturbance to your lawn and home. 

Sheryl lives in an old farmhouse that had some basement walls that were starting to settle in the far corners and a cracked, bowing wall. There were no cracks, stuck windows or doors, and no sloped floors upstairs. Helical Piers and GeoLock Anchors stabilized the foundation of the home and helped to raise the walls back up the original position.

Helical Piers can have sections added to them to reach the desired depth to assist in stabilizing the home. The installation is fast, effective, and can be done year-round. GeoLock Anchors stabilize the bowing and cracked basement wall. They anchor into hard , stable soil to brace the foundation and prevent the wall from any further movement. GeoLock Anchors are installed with minimal disruption and they don't damage the basement wall.

The crawl space in any building is often ignored yet, it affects your home's air quality, temperature, and foundation. Those smells, uneven floors, and cracks in the wall could stem from an under-supported and wet crawl space. Taking care of your crawl space can restore and uplift the overall quality of a home. 

In this home, we installed Clean Space technology and the Smart Jack system. Clean Space is a 20-millimeter thick plastic lining that is water and mold resistant. The before photo shows a crawl space covered with a generic plastic cover; this "fix" does not prevent outside air from getting in or reject the growth of mold spores. However, our Clean Space technology provides an airtight seal that stops moisture from getting in.  

Daryl made the call to Ayers as he discovered we had support posts made for basements and crawl spaces that would help support his home! We had a team come out to his home to inspect the area and from this they determined SmartJacks would correct his support issues. SmartJacks are steel support columns that we connected to a sturdy supplemental beam above and a solid base below the floor that holds the weight of the home. They will even raise the floors back to their original position and prevent sagging that causes the floors to bounce. Daryl was happy to get these support problems tackled right away so matters didn't get worse in the future!

For many of us, the idea of walls closing in on us is a terrifying thought. It’s even more terrifying when there’s the potential for that to come true in your own home.

The walls of this basement in Hopkins, MI were adorned with stair-step cracks and diagonal cracking at the corners—both signs of wall failure. When one of the walls in the basement started to bow, or buckle in the middle, the homeowners knew that things were getting serious.

Our team visited the home and got to work stabilizing the walls using the Power Brace System. These steel beams are fixed to the floor joists, and can be tightened over time to help straighten the walls. The zinc coating on the beams makes them resistant to corrosion, so you can be sure they’ll do their job for years to come.