Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

The homeowners in Wayland MI, noticed that their floors were sagging. Sagging floors indicate a serious structural problem that will worsen over time. These conditions can make floors unsafe, while also causing unslightly cracks in wallboards and beneath baseboard molding. 

The best solution to adress sagging floors is to install SmartJack posts beneath the beam that supports your foundation. The SmartJacks allow the floor to be raised back to its original level over time. As an added bonus all SmartJack parts are protected from rust with a thick galvanized coating. 

Thanks to SmartJacks the homeowners floor is now well on its way to being fixed! 

Ever since the sidewalk outside of this Coloma, MI home was redone, cracks had started to show on the basement walls. The owners didn’t know what to make of the problem, but they wanted to make sure it wasn’t a threat to their foundation. When our system design specialist took a trip out to advise them, he saw the slight curve in the middle of the wall (seen in the before picture) and immediately recognized the problem as bowing walls. Walls start to bow when the pressure from expanding soil pushes the wall inward.

To stop the inward pressure before it causes the wall to completely collapse, the crew anchored the wall to outside soil with our GeoLock Wall Anchors. The anchors pull the wall back outward using steel rod tie backs, which then connect to wall plates on the interior side. The wall plates are behind the white hide-away-covers in the after photo. While not necessary for the repair, they’re a nice option for those who want to keep their walls protected and looking good at the same time.

Ruth had a bowing wall that was leaning on her deck foundation. In addition to preventing her wall from bowing further, our team also installed Push Piers. Push Piers will stop any further settlement that this wall has already caused. In addition, overtime this system should bring the foundation back to its original level. We installed the push piers deep into the soil underneath the foundation for a quick installation and permanent solution.

This customer called us because they were experiencing sloping floors and cracks in the foundation. We used Helical Piers to stabilize the home as well as to help return the floors and foundation to the original position. Helical Piers allow for fast, effective installation so there was minimal disturbance to the customer. 

Jim's basement walls were bowing and cracked on the inside and outside of the foundation. He called our team and asked about possible solutions. We installed PowerBrace, a foundation repair system created to secure basement walls in place and overtime it will straighten them. Often outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, this foundation repair system counteracts these pressures by keeping your basement walls in place. Over time, the system can be tightened to not only secure the walls in place, but to also straighten them.