Woods Basement Systems, Inc. Before & After Photos

This Gray Summit, Missouri home's concrete-block basement walls were badly cracked and slightly bowing in places. The homeowner was quite concerned about this and worried that letting the cracks go unaddressed for much longer might lead to a total wall collapse. With this in mind, Woods Basement Systems was called in. A team installed several GeoLock wall anchors, supports that function by attaching anchors buried deep in the firm soil far from the home to steel plates on the interior surface of the foundation walls, throughout the space. These anchors effectively pull the walls outward over time and totally prevent further movement and cracking.

Kelly M and Gabriel W were concerned when they noticed that their basement walls were beginning to bow. So, they decided to call Woods Basement Systems. System Design Specialist Brenton K was able to come up with a solution to the problem.

Foreman Jeremy R Installed a Geo-Lock Wall Anchor, shown above, in Kelly and Gabriel’s basement. The Wall Anchor has two ends, one will attach to a stable level of soil away from the house, the other end will attach to the basement walls. The device can be tightened and will be able to straighten the walls overtime.

The history of basement foundation wall crack repairs goes something like this:

In the past, contractors would chisel out a crack into a larger "V" shape and fill it with hydraulic cement. Injection epoxy used to be the product of choice, but more recently, urethane is a common solution. 

For the corner crack in this Wentzville, Missouri basement, we decided to inject urethane into the crack.  The first picture shows how messy urethane injection may be.  We did two different repairs on this particular wall crack because midway down the wall, there was a larger opening letting a maximum amount of water leak into the basement even during a light rainfall.  We customize the right repair for whatever problem we find in a basement to guarantee a dry below-grade space.

The basement was especially drafty and cold in this basement and only got worse in the winter.  The only way to combat this problem was to seal it with spray foam in the areas of the ceiling where the insulation was.  Now air doesn't escape from the basement leaving it chilly.

When this Wentzville, MO home started experiencing problems with the foundation, causing cracks to form in the basement, Woods Basement Systems was able to come in and install their Geo-Lock Wall Anchors. These anchors straighten the walls over time and prevent any further bowing to occur to ensure a solid foundation for the house.