Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Our team installed PowerBrace in a customer's home because his basement walls were bowed. Knowing this would continue to affect the foundation of his home he called our team. PowerBrace is a foundation repair system that secures basement walls in place. Often outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, this foundation repair system counteracts these pressures 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. 

This 70-year-old home in Portage had sagging floors that felt springy and uneven, thanks to years of DIY support using wood planks and cinderblocks in the dirt crawl space. The customer knew they needed a more permanent solution to avoid further structural issues.

Ayers installed SmartJacks with a supplemental beam to reinforce the floorboards from below. We excavated the soil and backfilled with engineered fill to create a solid foundation for the SmartJacks. Now, with the floors stable and even, the homeowner can finally enjoy their living space without worrying about shifting supports.

This home in Portage, MI had some stair-step cracks in the foundation wall. Most of the time this happens from the soil outside your foundation walls expanding. This home had a special case where a tree root was actually causing the wall to bow inward and create the cracks they were seeing inside their home. 

To take care of the cracks we installed our PowerBrace system. PowerBraces can be tightened to allow for improvement of the wall over time. They are also zinc coated so you don't have to worry about them rusting out. These are also a good option if you don't have room for excavation on the outside of your home.

Mike noticed cracking in multiple places of his basement. He called us to fix the problem before it got worse. We installed CarbonArmor to the walls to keep them from moving even more. We chose this becuase the CarbonArmor Wall Reinforcing System is a great solution for cracking foundation walls. CarbonArmor is made up of carbon fiber fabric strips that are 10 times stronger in tension than steel. These fabric strips are bonded to the wall with a high strength epoxy resin. There is no exterior excavation involved and they are installed quickly, and they wont impact the future of basement finishing!

Jennifer called us becuase she noticed cracking outside her house. Upon insepction, it was determined that the corner of the home was settling. We installed Helical Piers to support the cracking foundation. Helical Piers are great becuase they stabilize the foundation but can also lift settled foundations back up to the original position.