Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Cinder block wall often fail due to the weight of the soil, the weight of the water in the soil, and the pressure created by clay expansion when it gets wet. The result is that the walls bow inward and will eventually collapse unless repaired. 

The GeoLock Wall Anchor System is the best solution for bowed walls. This dead-man anchoring system is capable of reversing the pressure and stabilizing the wall. The GeoLock System has three main parts: a 9-foot threaded galvanized rod that extends out to the exterior ground anchor - a galvanized steel plus-sign-shaped plate which gets embedded in stable soil, away from the foundation of your house. The other end of the threaded rod goes through two steel channel anchors plates - one plate is attached on the exterior side of the wall, the other, in the exact location on the interior (basement) side of the wall. There is a bolt attached to the end of the rod that enters your basement. When that bolt is tightened, it creates reverse pressure and holds the wall securely in its current position. However, when the soil outside is very dry, the bolt can be tightened more to straighten the wall, and over time, the wall may straighten to its original position. Very cool indeed! This home in Elkton needed 10 anchors to repair the wall. 

For this basement repair we had to install 2 PowerBraces. PowerBraces were needed due to the fact that  one part of the foundation wall was bowing inward and we needed to stop that forward movement.

This customer had a slight bow in their block foundation which caused a  horizontal crack to develop. We sent our inspector Keith Miller out to the property and the best solution for this customer scenario was to install our Carbon Armor straps with Armor Locks.

The Carbon Armor Wall Stabilization system works by fusing our Carbon Armor Straps to ArmorLock strips that are anchored to heavy steel brackets that are attached to the rim joist. This system will immediately stabilize your foundation wall and stop any further inward movement.

Pressure of soil pushing up against the foundation wall, Hydrostatic pressure or Foundation Settlement are only a few reasons why a foundation wall could be bowing or cracking, either way, you want to get this looked at as soon as you can so the issue doesn't continue and possibly worsen over time. 

For this customer, we have done several projects for them, Egress install, waterproofing and now foundation repair. This repair required 4 Carbon Armor Strips and 10, 8' Power Braces.

The initial call for this property was basement flooring, they already had a waterproofing system and no active leaks, just wanted to get some flooring installed. When we arrived at the property ready to provide an estimate for flooring, the inspector did notice a few issues. There was a horizontal crack going along one side of the block foundation which left unattended for too long could turn in to a costly issue, the basement walls were showing mold growth and the current windows and window wells, had seen better days. 

The customer took the inspectors recommendations and not only upgraded the window and wells, but also wanted to move forward on the significant wall crack. To repair the wall and stop it from bowing or cracking any further, we installed our Carbon Armor Wall Stabilization Straps which, come with a 25year warranty against manufacturing defects and against further bowing.