Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

A homeowner in Madisonville, KY, had concerns about their foundation due to their walls beginning to crack and unstable floors. In Kentucky, the soil contains clay. Whenever moisture enters the clay, it expands, but when it escapes due to the dry climate, it will shrink. As the soil began to shrink, it caused strain on the walls, causing them to crack. Repairing the foundation of the home would also fix the unstable floors from above. 

Since the foundation was unstable, it needed to be stabilized using the heavy-duty SmartJack system. To address weak foundation soils, a two-foot cube of soil is excavated at each SmartJack location. The hole is then positioned on top of another base to hold the SmartJack in place and properly distribute loads. A high-strength, galvanized steel tubing is cut to the appropriate height. The steel column and components are assembled and connected to the support beam, and the SmartJack system is tightened into place, The support beam and floor joists are immediately stabilized and the above floor and walls can be lifted back toward level. It relieved the homeowner to know that the foundation of their home will be safe for years to come. 

In Poseyville, IN, a homeowner contacted us, wanting to inspect their basement wall. Upon further inspection, stairstep cracking was visible on the outside of the basement wall. Stair-step cracking means that wall failure is increasingly getting worse. As the wall bows more severely in the middle, the corners are held up by adjacent walls, creating the stairstep cracking effect. A foundation settlement caused a foundation problem such as this. 

To reverse the stair-step cracking issue, the GeoLock Wall Anchor system is set. For a wall anchor system to work effectively, access of at least several feet is needed on the outside of your home. The reason behind this is that the rectangular anchor is placed inside a hole outside the home while the second one is placed inside the home, next to where the issue lays. A silver rod is drilled through the one-inch hole in the basement wall and is connected to the anchor seated deep within the hole. Once all the components of the wall anchor system are connected and tightened, your basement wall is permanently stabilized. 

We received a call in Evansville, IN from a homeowner having a concrete mishap. The homeowner's driveway was pushing the concrete into her garage and it was making the foundation off balance. There was a crack starting to form in the middle of the foundation due to the concrete pushing the foundation in and forming a bowing wall. This issue can become dangerous if it is left unresolved. The foundation is what a home rests on and if it is disrupted, it will cause the home to form cracks on the floor above.

The PowerBrace system was the best option for this unique problem. The PowerBrace system is zinc-plated steel beams that are customized to fit the basement wall height and secured tightly against it. This design allows the system to be tightened over time, stopping wall failure without invasive drilling or digging on the property. An advantage to adding the PowerBrace system to wall failures is that it can be installed year-round and typically takes less than one day to complete. The PowerBrace system left the homeowner feeling secure about their home's foundation. 

A homeowner located in Evansville, IN, was worried about the foundation of their home when they started noticing their walls bowing. If bowing walls were left untreated, then the problem will only worsen. If the situation worsens, it can cause you to question the safety of your home and yourself. The foundation of the home needed to be straightened to restore the wall and be able to hold up for many years after. The homeowner was prepared to rehabilitate the wall and ease his conscience. 

The best solution for straightening and tightening the walls permanently is the GeoLock Wall Anchor system. The GeoLock anchors utilize plates buried in the soil outside your wall that has up to 480 square inches of bearing surface. The anchors have a higher soil capacity, making them provide greater stability, and are designed to straighten a failed wall over time. It presents minimal disturbance to the home, lawn, and landscaping. Once the GeoLock system was set into place, the homeowner felt a sense of relief that his foundation would no longer be a worry to him. 

A homeowner in Princeton, IN, was having leaking issues in the cement of their basement floor. Water leakage in a basement can be a nuisance when it is preventing you from using the extra space for safe storage. The basement was lacking a proper drain around the bottom of the foundation, causing the water entering the basement to remain on the floor. In addition to water leakage, the basement had to bow walls that need to be permanently straightened.

A trench was created beside the bottoms of the walls for the WaterGuard system to go into. The WaterGuard system has a built-in 3/8-inch gap between the floor and the wall to drain the wall leaks. The next item to prevent leaking in the basement is a bright white line called CleanSpace. CleanSpace provides a vapor barrier, drains water behind it, and will brighten the living space of the basement.  A TripleSafe Sump pump was installed to pump out any water that was coming from the WaterGuard to the sump pump. To fix the bowing issues, push piers are installed alongside the walls to stabilize and straighten the foundation. The homeowner felt relieved to know that not only their basement would no longer be leaking, but the foundation would no longer be an issue.