Woods Basement Systems, Inc. Before & After Photos

Helical anchors have been used by Woods Basement Systems to stabilize foundation and retaining walls like this home in Fenton, Missouri for years because of their effectiveness.  Helical anchors are widely accepted and used by engineers, architects, and contractors to stabilize bowing basement walls. In fact, in 1992, wall anchor systems were identified by a Chief Appraiser for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as the most effective means of stabilizing bowing foundation walls.

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.

This basement in Fenton, Missouri used to have bowing walls and water seepage. Since Woods installed wall anchors, the walls no longer bow, and the leaks have stopped.

We recently helped out a Fenton, Missouri homeowner who noticed that mold was growing on the finished side of their basement drywall.  The back side of the drywall was worse.  Very little water was leaking into the basement, but it was leaking behind the finished walls for years.  We installed our WaterGuard® basement waterproofing system with our SaniDry® dehumidifier (Pictured in the Corner) along with our white vertical wall covering to stop water vapor from coming through the block foundation wall and getting the finished drywall wet.

Mud that gets in with the water in a leaky basement may be due to another potentially serious problem, a settling footing.  Interior drywall cracks or doors and windows not properly working may not have occured yet but will unless the root problem is addressed.  Our Foundation SupportWorks® push piers can get to the root of the problem.  On the interior of the basement we jackhammer through the floor and place the pier brackets beneath the foundation wall footing lifting it back into place.