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Donna B was concerned when she noticed that her basement walls were beginning to bow. So, she decided to call Woods Basement Systems. System Design Specialist Brandon B was able to come up with a solution to the problem.
Foreman Bradly P installed a Geo-Lock Wall Anchor, shown above, in Donna’s basement. The Wall Anchor has two ends, one will attach to stable soil away from the house the other end will attach to the basement walls. The device can be tightened and overtime will straighten the walls.
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.
A basement was having several structural issues in Wentzville, MO. First, the floors in the house were sagging, due to the support beams failing in the basement. next, the foundation was shifting, causing it to crack and leak water. To solve these issues, the SmartJack System was first installed. These are steel support systems that can permanently stabilize and level the floor joists and girders in the basement. They will lift the floors above them to their original position, and keep them in place. Next, GeoLock Wall Anchors were installed. These are galvanized steel earth anchors embedded into the soil out and away from the foundation wall. Once installed, these will hold the walls in their current position and can be tightened to allow for improvement and straightening of the wall over time. Lastly, a partial CleanSpace Basement Wall System was installed. This will act as a drain curtain that will make sure that any water that comes down the walls can drain directly into the perimeter drainage system. Thanks to these systems, this basement will remain stable and dry all the time!
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