Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Correcting Walls in Portage

Becky found cracks in her basement walls and wanted a professional opinion on how to move forward. She contacted Ayers and allowed our resident foreman Blade inspect the area. Blade noticed 3 walls in the basement had slid from their base. Blade decided to reintroduce support into the walls by installing Helical Piers along the perimeter of the home an PowerBrace brackets to pull the walls back into place.

Helical Pier

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.

PowerBrace

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.

Stair-Step Cracks

Cracks like these are a sigh that your home is in need of foundation repair. Stairstep cracks only form when the pressure applied against the wall has shifted. This is dangerous because these cracks are a sign that the home's foundation is not surrounded by set earth, leaving it vulnerable to shifting that leads to even more damage.