Ayers Basement Systems Before & After Photos

The before photo of this Saint Helen, MI home shows the open vent of the crawl space. Open vents allow moisture, humidity, and animals to enter the crawl space and cause problems, but they don’t offer any real benefits to the crawl space. In fact, the goal of most crawl space repairs and encapsulations is to isolate them from the outside. The after photo shows our solution to the problem, an air tight vent cover that will keep out all those possible problems. The cover will keep the newly installed encapsulation protected and dry for a long time to come. 

Sherry realized the concrete slabs in her home were cracked and uneven. She didn't want anyone to hurt themselves on the obstacle, so she called Ayers for help. Our team stopped by her house to recommend a solution. They suggested PolyLevel, a concrete lifting and leveling system where polymer foam is injected into voids underneath concrete slabs, expanding and raising the concrete. Sherry is happy to have nice and level concrete in her home!

This home in McBain, MI was well over 100 years old, and the Michigan basement was in desperate need of some help. Every time it would rain, dirt would wash into the home, and the foundation seemed to be unstable because of this.

We first added SmartJacks in the space to support and stabilize the floor joists. These steel support beams work well in problem soils to keep the floors above stable. Shotcrete was also applied in the basement to repair and reinforce the walls. This concrete is sprayed into the desired spot with a high pressure hose, and provides a durable solution to these suffering basement walls .

This Branch Township, MI cabin had taken a beating from the outside soil. Horizontal cracks were running the length of the basement walls, a common sign of bowing. The owners had contacted several different companies looking for a solution. After being told that the foundation was collapsing and the only solution would be to tear it down and rebuild, they began to lose hope. But that was before they talked to us.

Bowing Walls can mean the end of your home’s structural integrity. Whoever told the owners that the foundation was collapsing was correct, the walls wouldn’t be able to stand the pressure much longer. What that contractor didn’t know is that the Ayers crew could fix the cabin’s bowing walls without removing a single log. The secret is our Geo-Lock Wall Anchor System. The crew excavated the soil next to the home and inserted anchors into hard-packed soil further away from the foundation. Once the anchors were in place, the crew connected steel rods between the anchor and interior wall plates (seen in the after photo) in the basement. After the installation was complete, any inward bowing of the walls was permanently stopped. The system can even be tightened to bring these walls back to their original position. The installation may have taken a few days, but we’re sure that time felt like nothing compared to rebuilding the cabin.

To give Keith a solution for the water leaking into his basement, our team headed to his home to install our TripleSafe sump pump system. TripleSafe consists of three pumps that fit in one durable liner. The first pump will do most of the work, the second is there if any backup is needed, and the final pump is battery-operated, so it stays on during power outages. Water damage will no longer accumulate in Keith's basement!