Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

A customer based in Rockport IN wanted to solve a moisture problem that has been persisting for the past few years.  The home itself has visual signs of sagging floors such as a slight floor slope and a few cracks in the interior walls.  A floor slope can eventually create a gap between the floor and interior walls, hence the walls showing cracks. When a crawl space is built, the columns are located throughout the crawl space to support the weight of the structure above.  Since the columns were spaced too far apart, the beam was becoming an overload and sagging the columns. This eventually causes the floor joists and girders to become bouncy, and soft, and begin to sag.  A floor that is strong and level will fix the root cause of sagging floors.

To solve the issue of moisture and an uneven floor level, a SmartJack System is installed.  SmartJacks are steeled support systems used to permanently stabilize and level the girders and food joists in a crawl space. These support systems do not replace the existing columns and piers, but add strength and stability to what is there.  The weak foundation soils and moisture conditions are addressed once a two-foot cube of soil is excavated at each SmartJack location.  The hole will be filled with concrete or engineered fill to create a stable, load-bearing footing.  The base is positioned to hold the SmartJack in place and to ultimately distribute loads.  Installing our SmartJack System will prevent any sagging floors in the future and give the homeowner peace of mind.

A bowing wall was causing turmoil for a homeowner in Evansville, IN. Horizontal cracking near the middle of the wall is one of the first symptoms you will notice in the case of a bowing wall. Horizontal cracks usually start small and increase in width other times as the soil outside continues to put pressure on the wall. Luckily, horizontal cracking due to the bowing of the wall was the only sign since the homeowner was able to reach out to us in time. If the bowing of the walls is not taken care of, the sigs will progress into stair-step cracking, pushing in at the bottom of the wall, and leaning in at the top of the wall.  

On the right side of the basement, as you step down the stairs, the bowing all stairs right back at you. What do we do to fix that? The PowerBrace! The PowerBrace system is designed to permanently stabilize your home's foundation. The zinc-plated steel beam is costumed to fit the basement height and secured tightly against it.  One advantage of choosing the PowerBrace system is that it is a patented tightening system that allows the wall to be straightened over time. It gave the homeowner a sense of peace to know that the foundation of the home will be stable for years to come! 

A home in Henderson Ky, needed extra love when the family reached out to us about a bowing wall in their basement. When it came time to inspect the wall, stair-step cracking was evident. Stair-step cracking at the corners of a bowing wall typically means that the problem is getting worse. As the wall bows more severely in the middle, the corners are held up by adjacent walls, creating the stair-step cracking effect.

There are a few options to repair bowing walls, such as stair-step cracking, but choosing which method depends on how your home is set up. This home did not have soil behind the wall since it led to a patio outside, so the wall anchor system would not be an option. The PowerBrace system was the best choice in this scenario since it is held up from within the inside of the basement. The family was pleased to have the basement safe for years to come!

The blocks in the wall of the basement were starting to buckle, causing the homeowner to reach out to us from Evansville, IN. When a situation like this is left untreated over time, the issue will only get worse. The safety of your home as well as yours is at risk. The home was experiencing settlement, which is the movement your home experiences when the soil below can no longer support its weight. Droughts, mature trees, and heavy rains are a few causes of home settlement.
To correct and stabilize the bowing of the wall, the PowerBrace system is custom-fitted to the basement wall height and secured tightly against it. The patented design allows the system to be tightened over time, stopping wall failure without any invasive drilling or digging on the property. A Waterguard system was installed in the ground beside the walls to direct water to the Super Sump pump that was put in. Any heavy rain will not be able to affect the homeowner’s foundation any longer!

The blocks in the wall of the basement were starting to buckle, causing the homeowner to reach out to us from Evansville, IN. When a situation like this is left untreated over time, the issue will only get worse. The safety of your home as well as yours is at risk. The home was experiencing settlement, which is the movement your home experiences when the soil below can no longer support its weight. Droughts, mature trees, and heavy rains are a few causes of home settlement.
To correct and stabilize the bowing of the wall, the PowerBrace system is custom-fitted to the basement wall height and secured tightly against it. The patented design allows the system to be tightened over time, stopping wall failure without any invasive drilling or digging on the property. A Waterguard system was installed in the ground beside the walls to direct water to the Super Sump pump that was put in. Any heavy rain will not be able to affect the homeowner’s foundation any longer!