Ayers Basement Systems Before & After Photos

Jennifer and Brandon's partially finished basement has a room and an open area. The room is being used by their daughter for her room and they want to turn the open area into another living space. A finished basement requires an egress window, which is a large window that someone can fit through in case of emergencies. The window well has stairs or a ladder in it to assist in a safe exit. The large window also allows a ton of natural light to enter the space making it appear cleaner, larger, and more inviting! 

Dennis found vertical cracks in his foundation wall. Some cracks were outside the wall while others were inside the garage. Due to the settling foundation, the garage concrete was starting to crack and sink as well. To keep the foundation from sinking even more, we installed Helical Piers. They anchor into the solid soil to stabilize the foundation as well as help lift it back to the original level. To fix the garage floor, we used PolyLevel. PolyLevel is an injectable foam that is lightweight and waterproof and used to lift and level concrete. 

The crawl space of one of our former customers was beginning to fall apart when we received a call. Charged with keeping the floor of your living space stable and upright, the crawl space is one of the key factors to a foundation. When it begins to sink, it puts the entire home at risk. Because he had used our services to waterproof his basement in the past, the homeowner knew that Ayers was the right place to look for crawl space help as well.

The crew took a trip to Williamston, MI with 7 SmartJacks – essentially no different than a car jack but with the strength to raise an entire floor. After laying the jacks on the crawl space floor, they were raised to a height that would restore the floor joists (crawl space ceiling) to their original positions. The strength of SmartJacks, which can hold over 60,000 pounds, will help keep both this crawl space and the entire home protected.

Sinking slabs are dangerous and unattractive to your home. A family in Williamston, MI thought so too -- so they called us here at Ayers. After a free and professional inspection, we determined that our patented PolyLevel would do the job in fixing their sinking slab. With injections smaller than a penny, PolyLevel quickly lifted the slab and the homeowners were able to drive on the slab only 15 minutes afterward.

Unfortunately, as time goes on, concrete walls begin to crack and our customer Charles H. witnessed just that. Based on their material, concrete walls allow moisture to seep into basements and cracks just make it easier. We used our FlexiSpan to repair the crack in his wall. FlexiSpan seals the crack and has a built in backup strategy in case the seal fails. Also, FlexiSpan, as its name suggests, is flexible. It moves with the wall so no amount of wall movement will cause it to leak again.