Woods Basement Systems, Inc. Before & After Photos

Even though this chimney footing on this St. Louis, Missouri  home was at full depth like the basement wall, it nevertheless titled, settling and pulling away from the house.  We installed a Foundation Supportworks® push pier system to help return it to its original position.

Waterproofing around a fireplace takes experience.  Several times the fireplace in the basement is built off the floor and is not on its own footing.  In this case, the fireplace was built on its own footing so water was coming in at the seam where the side of the fireplace met the floor.  We were able to place our WaterGuard® basement waterproofing system right next to the fireplace taking care of this wet basement.

Engineers use simple crack monitoring devices to help determine the extent and direction a structure may be settling.  Settling occurs when supporting soils beneath a structure's footings sink.  This building's settling could be a slow effect compounded by last summers' serious drought in St. Louis.  Push piers from Foundation SupportWorks® were installed to stop this structure from settling further.

This St. Louis, Missouri stone foundation had a large pour of concrete up against the wall completed before the basement floor was poured.  This acts as a support to the lowest row of stones and looks like a raised footing since the actual concrete floor is against it and not the stone wall.  Our WaterGuard® waterproofing system in combination with our other products can waterproof the top and the raised concrete and the floor together.  The water is collected and drained to our sump pump system.  This homeowner was installing their own wall vapor barrier before finishing the basement.

A stone foundation leaks in several locations beside where the basement floor meets the wall.  To fix this leaky stone foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, we installed our WaterGuard® waterproofing system, which has a vertical flange that allows the water that comes in between the stones to get down into the system. After that if freely flows to our TripleSafe® sump pump.  Before remodeling we recommend a vertical vapor barrier be applied to the stone foundation.