Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Jennie's 118-year-old home had cracks and deterioration that needed to be professionally addressed. She had previous work done with Ayers and loved the results, so she trusted us to repair her foundation issues. We sent a crew to her home for a free inspection to determine the best solution. Our solution was to install GeoLock Anchors. These anchors will ensure the walls remain upright and are installed by excavating the ground around the home. Anchors are then placed along the outside of the basement walls and will be held in place by steel drives. The other side of the wall will have a large metal plate that aligns with the anchor and is bolted together. This bolt is tightened so this constant pressure pulls the wall into place. This system ensures the walls won't bow any further from the outside soil pressure. Now Jennie has assured the support of her home with this foundation repair solution in action!

James and Donna noticed their floors shaking whenever they walked, particularly in the living room. Concerned about the stability of their home, they called Ayers Basement Systems for a free inspection. The inspection revealed that the support beams in their crawl space were sloping, which was causing the uneven floors. To fix this, we installed SmartJack support posts to level and stabilize the floors. Now, James and Donna enjoy walking on solid, stable floors, free from the noise and worry of anything breaking.

This homeowner called because his foundation basement wall was bowing and had continued to get worse over the course of many years. To fix this bowing wall problem, we decided to install the Geo-Lock wall anchor system to fully stabilize his wall and hopefully return it to its original position.

The Geo-Lock anchor system is installed by digging out the soil outside of your home in order to place a galvanized steel anchor into the soil. That anchor is then connected to steel rods located on a steel plate in the basement wall, which will hold the foundation wall in place. The backfill and sod are both replaced during this installation and the anchors can be tightened over time to hopefully shift the wall back to its original position.

Patrick realized his floors were uneven due to his lack of foundation support in his crawl space so he called Ayers for our repair solutions. After we conducted an inspection we were able to agree on installing our SmartJacks. These are steel, adjustable columns that provide foundation support. This repair system will lift the floors to their original positions and can be extended over time for better support. The steel columns were attached to a steel supplemental beam above and and they rest on a solid base installed in the sub-floor. This solution will provide Patrick's foundation with strength and stability!

This homeowner called us when she was noticed a pretty heavy leak from a crack behind her drywall. It was clear that they had tried to waterproof the crack in the past but the fix didn't work. The drywall was removed from the leaking area to expose the issue. Often times we see people use moisture blocking paints and injectable sealants to fix these cracks but neither one lasts forever. They have a tendency to fail over time because the cracks don't stay the same forever.

We waterproofed the crack by injecting a sealant into it as a first line of defense. Then we created a drywell at the base of the crack with some minor excavation. The drywell is filled with crushed stone and the concrete is replaced with the exception of a small gap at the base of the wall. Any incoming water will seep into the drywell and be allowed to leach back into the soil safely. The crack is finally covered by a layer of foam and a layer of our mold and mildew resistant CleanSpace moisture barrier. The foam creates a space for the water to flow between the wall and CleanSpace layer. Now any incoming water will flow right down the wall and into the ground without the homeowner aware of it ever happening aside from the new lack of moisture in the finished area of this basement.