Complete Crawl Space Encapsulation & Foundation Repair in Fife Lake, MI

Marie recently realized her kitchen floor was slanting towards the outside wall. She hadn't noticed this before and knew it wasn't a good sign. After researching her options, she called Ayers for help. Our crew of experts visited her home and installed SmartJacks. Compared to regular old, store-bought floor jacks, SmartJacks are built to last and permanently placed with a solid base to reduce weight-bearing stress. Marie can't believe how level her kitchen is!

Ron D. had a property with rotting floor joists that he was looking to replace. The joists were located in the crawl space and were starting to cause the floors above to sag, due to their inability to hold the weight of the home above. 

To stabilize the sagging floors we installed the SmartJack system that uses steel supports to stabilize the ceiling of the crawl space. To begin we sized and cut a galvanized steel beam to take the place of the ineffective, rotted beams. Next we removed a section of soil where the jack would be located, filled the hole with crushed stone and then installed a structural footing to hold the steel support columns. The steel columns were then attached to the footing and to the galvanized steel beam above. We tightened the entire system, which lifted and stabilized the floors above.

Scott gave us a call because he was facing serious waterproofing issues in his basement. Water was coming in through the stairwell, cracks in the floor and down the foundation walls. Scott was in a pretty tough situation, and it didn’t improve much when he called two different companies looking for situations. Neither could offer a solution to the problem due to Scott’s foundation being made of two different materials. That’s when he called us.

At Ayers, we’ve seen just about every type of waterproofing issue there is, and we’ve installed products into every possible foundation. Our system design specialist drew up a plan to run a drainage system throughout the basement and then pump out the water using a sump pump. Collecting the leaking water would be a WaterGuard perimeter drainage system and TrenchDrain. WaterGuard sits in the floor and wall joints around the edge of the basement to collect any water that leaks down the walls. The TrenchDrains were set up at the foot of the stairs and outside of the doorway leading to the stairwell. Any water that would damage the stairwell will have to make it past both drains to do so. Once installed, both the TrenchDrain and WaterGuard were connected to a SuperSump system that would pump the water out. All the water will travel through sump’s discharge lines and to a LawnScape outlet for final disposal.

If you’re struggling to find a solution to tricky waterproofing issue like Scott was, give Ayers a call. Our crews are willing to do whatever it takes to protect your basement.