Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

A basement wall was becoming unstable in Saint Louis, MO, causing cracks to form and re-appear after being sealed. To solve this issue, 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. These can be installed around obstacles on the wall such as pipes, sinks, or furniture. This is the best solution to straighten the wall over time, as it can fix severe problems and stabilize the foundation for good!

This St. Louis, Missouri home had bowing walls as well as wall cracks. Woods Basement Systems installed wall anchors to repair the bowing walls.

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.

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.

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.