PowerBrace
The walls of the home have slid out of line and needed correcting. The best way to correct the foundation walls was by installing Powerbrace brackets. PowerBrace is a foundation repair system created to secure basement walls in place. Outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, but this foundation repair system counteracts these pressures by keeping the basement walls in place. Over time, the system can be tightened to not only secure the walls in place, but to also straighten them.
GeoLock
The home's walls had cracked to the point that they needed a tool that would correct them over time and help the walls remain that way. That's why the Ayers team installed a set of GeoLock anchors. GeoLock Anchors fix this issue by pulling the wall back into place. GeoLock is installed by excavating the ground around the perimeter of the home. Anchors are placed along the outside of the now exposed basement walls and held in place with steel drives. On the other side of the wall, a large metal plate is aligned with the anchor and bolted together. The bolt is tightened till constant pressure is pulling the wall into place. Geolock is considered a permeate solution, not only correcting walls but keeping them from sliding back out of place too.
Helical Piers
Part of the reason why the home's walls have shifted is due to its weak soil. To restabilize the soil beneath the home the team installed a set of Helical Piers. Helical Piers are a tool trusted by Ayers due to their non-intrusive nature compared to other foundational repair systems. The piers are long screw-shaped drives that are driven deep under the home at an angle. The drives keep going till they pass the weak soil and find new firm ground. The tops of the piers are capped with load-bearing caps that provide a flat surface for the home to rest upon.
