Woods Basement Systems, Inc. Before & After Photos

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.

Having a large sump pump pit with a single pump is not enough to keep your basement dry all the time. For this St. Louis, Missouri basement, we installed our TripleSafe® sump pump system, which has three pumps.  One is a battery backup sump pump.  It also has a sealed lid, radon safe floor drain in the lid for condensation lines, high water alarm which can be designed to notify you on a smart device or home security system, and pump stands for elevating one of the other two pumps to alternate when they would run and pump water out of the basement.

Push Piers are driven deep into the ground on the exterior of the home and are embedded in a stable layer of soil.  A heavy-duty steel bracket is installed against the foundation's footing, and steel piers are hydraulically driven through the bracket to bedrock.  The weight of the home is transferred through the piers to the soil, which provides an opportunity for the home to be lifted back toward its original position.  Once installation is complete, the soil is backfilled and the home is permanently stabilized.