
Whether your home is experiencing structural damage from foundation settlement, hydrostatic pressure, soil washout, frost, or some other force, we have the products that you need to permanently solve your problem and restore value to your home.
Each of our foundation repair products comply with the strictest industry standards, and have been tried and tested by more than 100 major structural repair contractors throughout North America. With each installation we include a written manufacturer's warranty, as well as our own in-house performance warranty.
We'd like to meet with you to explain how our products can solve your unique structural issue. To prepare a free foundation repair quote, we inspect your damaged areas, identify the causes, and create a written proposal that outlines all work to be done. If you live in Illinois & Missouri and would like to schedule your free inspection and quote, call or e-mail us today!
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At Woods Basement Systems, we have exclusive access to Foundation Supportworks' industry leading structural repair products in our Illinois & Missouri service area.
Foundation Supportworks is the only manufacturer that maintains an in-house staff of both structural and geotechnical engineers. These experts focus on product design and quality, while also providing technical support to other engineers, architects, building departments, and general contractors in the field.
To help you decide if our products are the best ones for you, our company offers free on-site inspections and consultations. We'll help you learn what caused your unique foundation problem, which options are best for repairing the problem, and what measures will prevent future issues. To schedule your free structural repair quote, call or e-mail us today!
We're proud to serve St. Louis, Springfield, St. Charles, nearby localities such as Champaign, Decatur, Chesterfield, St Peters, Florissant, O'Fallon, Belleville, Cape Girardeau, Danville, Ballwin, Alton, Carbondale, Edwardsville, Charleston, Lake St. Louis, and the surrounding areas.
The existing expansion joint between the driveway and garage is fully compressed.
Even when the joint appears wide enough at the surface, the concrete may still be in contact underneath. This means that when the street expands with heat, your driveway is being pushed into the rest of your home.

The foundation walls on either side of the garage door are being pushed inwards by the driveway slab.
This is a sign that when the concrete pavement expanded and lengthened, pushing into the concrete driveway, there was insufficient compression space within the expansion joints. The only place for the driveway slab to go was through your garage walls.

Gaps have formed behind the foundation walls on either side of the garage door as the garage slab is pushed rearward.
Installing new expansion joints in the driveway and installing wall anchors will restore your foundation walls to structural stability.

Basement walls or foundation walls are pushed out by the garage slab.
At this stage, the damage caused by street creep has lead to a potentially serious foundation issue. It's important to address this soon -- before the damage becomes any more significant.

Foundation walls are designed to support loads from above, not from the side. When side pressure on your walls exceeds their ability to withstand the force, they will begin to crack, bow, slide in at the bottom, and/or tilt in at the top. Rebuilding damaged walls may seem like the obvious (and expensive) answer, even new walls will fail if the soil conditions are not changed.
Wall anchors can counteract soil pressure by anchoring walls to stable, undisturbed soil outside your home. Thanks to threaded rods that extend through the wall, wall anchors can even be used to to straighten walls in many cases!


When it isn't possible to anchor walls in the soils outside the foundation due to properly line restrictions, we recommend repairing your damaged foundation walls with the PowerBrace Wall Repair System.
The PowerBrace is an adjustable steel I-beam system with two important benefits: stabilizing bowed or tilting walls, and (over time) forcing bowed or tilting wall sections back to their original position. All PowerBrace components are manufactured to exacting standards, with n anti-corrosion zinc coating that will keep them looking like new for decades to come!


When soils are unable to bear the load of the structure on top of it, that structure must sink downwards into the ground. This is true with homes, concrete floors, chimneys, and many other structures.
Piers can solve settlement problems by transferring a structure's weight to strong, competent supporting soils at greater depth. Piers can effectively stabilize a settling structure and can even provide jacking points to lift the structure upwards to its original, level position.


Floors over crawl space foundations sag due to many reasons, including inadequate or shifting supports beneath floor joists and lumber deterioration due to mold and rot.
As a floor sags, this problem is often associated with other issues, including cracking drywall, skewed door and window openings, and a potentially moldy, musty odor in the house. Our SmartJack system is designed to straighten and strengthen sagging floors over crawl space foundations. We also have other products that can eliminate crawl space moisture problems like rot and corroded metal surfaces.


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BEFORE: This Hillboro, Illinois basement experienced cracks in the foundation walls and concrete slab.
AFTER: Woods Basement Systems repaired and sealed the foundation cracks and installed a radon mitigation system to draw radon gas up from below the slab and force it outside of the home.
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Sagging floors and a musty crawl space plagued this home in New Berlin, Illinois. Woods Basement Systems installed the SmartJack post support system and sealed the crawl space with the CleanSpace crawl space encapsulation system.
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This crawl space is now sealed with a vapor barrier and equipped with a sump pump system to combat moisture, mold, and humidity.
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This St. Louis, Missouri basement had vertical wall cracks that leaked. Woods Basement Systems sealed the leaks and repaired the cracks.
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Water used to seep through the cinder block foundation in this Edwardsville, Illinois basement. Now, the basement is equipped with a full-perimeter waterproofing system and TripleSafe Sump Pump system.
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Woods Basement Systems repaired cracks in this St, Louis, Missouri basement with the FlexiSpan crack repair system.
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This Wood River, Illinois basement has a cellar door and used to leak in the corner by the steps. Woods Basement Systems installed the TrenchDrain system in front of the basement steps.
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This Farmington, Missouri basement leaked when it rained heavily. Woods Basement Systems designed and installed a waterproofing system that keeps this basement completely dry.
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Water seeped through cracks and into this Pomona, Illinois crawl space—damaging insulation and the wood. Woods installed a vapor barrier and SaniDry dehumidfier as well as a waterproofing system, designed to keep this crawl space dry year-round.
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This Glen Carbon, Illinois doorway was hard to open and close. The brick had cracked because the house had dropped over an inch. Woods installed push piers to lift and stabilize the home.
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This Germantown, Illinois basement had two cracks in the basement caused from bowing walls. Woods Basement Systems straightened the walls with wall anchors and sealed the cracks.
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The walls in this O'Fallon, Missouri basement were bowing. Woods Basement Systems straightend them with awall anchoring system.
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BEFORE: This Kirkwood, Missouri crawls pace needed attention before it was ready to be sold. Standing water is a source of moisture. Moisture ruins houses by providing an ideal environment for mold, fungus, and insects that destroy wood framing.
AFTER: Woods Basement Systems sealed this crawlspace with a vapor barrier and installed a sump pump to keep the crawl space space dry all the time
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BEFORE: Water found its way into this Sparta, Illinois crawl space. Standing water and the humidity from it began to negatively affect the insulation and integrity of the home.
AFTER: Woods Basement Systems installed a waterproofing system with a sump pump as well as a dehumidifier. This crawl space is now completely dry and maintains a humidity level below 60%—which helps control mold and create a drier, healthier, more energy-efficient space.
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BEFORE: Water seeped in through the wall/floor seam, pooling in this Granite City, Illinois basement.
AFTER: Woods Basement Systems installed a uniquely designed and patented drainage system that brings water to the sump pump and pumps it out and away from the home.
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BEFORE: Water leaked through a crack under the front porch of this Fenton, Missouri basement.
AFTER: Woods Basement Systems repaired the crack and installed a patented interior perimeter drainage system called WaterGuard with a sump pump that keeps this basement completely dry.
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BEFORE: This St.Louis, Missouri basement leaked water between the floor and wall.
AFTER: WaterGuard installed by Woods Basement Systems protects the perimeter of the home and sends water back outside—where it belongs.
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This basement in Dow, Illinois had bowing walls. After straightening and repairing the walls with Foundation Supportworks foundation wall Anchors and our pattented FlexiSpan crack repair system, Woods Basment Systems installed a uniquily designed and patented WaterGuard drainage channel to keep this basement dry all the time.
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This leaky Mattoon, Illinois crawl space used to experience higher utility costs due to an open dirt crawlspace. After sealing off the crawlspace with a multi-layered vapor barrier called CleanSpace, Woods Basement Systems installed a crawl space dehumidifier—slashing energy costs.
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BEFORE: Moisture from water damaged the fiberglass insulation, floor joist and studs in this Springfield, Illinois crawl space.
AFTER: Woods Basement installed a crawl space vapor barrier and insulation that pays for itself with its energy-efficient benefits.
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