Foundation Repair Photo Album: A Corunna Home Needs Foundation Work

Allison noticed Major cracks in her basement walls and gaps between the walls and the floors. Not sure of what to do, she contacted Ayers for help. Our resident foreman Evan was able to inspect the area and discover the earth beneath the home was settling. To restabilize the home, Evan used a Helical Pier. The home's walls were greatly compromised so he used both a PowerBrace set and a GeoLock anchor to pull the walls back into place and to hold them there.

GeoLock

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.

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.

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.