Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

This homeowner contacted us because they believed their footing drains had been washed away and their foundation was dipping. they believed this because they were experiencing all the tell-tale signs of a sinking foundation.

Upon our Specialist inspecting the home he noticed that all these things were happening because the foundation was sinking. Once we determined this we could determine that the soil conditions around the home were horrible and that we needed to install our Stabillok push pier system to fix this. When we performed our exterior dig up we also saw that the foundation wall was extremely compromised due to not having a parge coating or waterproofing coating of any type. Because of this, we could not install our push piers underneath the wall and properly support the home because putting that pressure on top of the block would have led to more problems.

As a result, we regrouped and worked with our team of engineers and Stabillok headquarters to design a new solution to save this home. The solution that we came up with is unique and specific to this home. To properly support and stabilize this home, we installed triple 2x8's every thirty-two inches on center. Once done, we installed a six-inch I-Beam underneath them. What this is going to do is take the weight of our push piers and give us something solid to drive off. By doing this we have a situation where the wall and its unstable soil are no longer a factor.

By doing this the home will sit on our piers, our piers will be sitting in stable soil, and now their home is no longer in danger of sinking and falling over. By completing this project, we saved this home and turned a depreciating asset into an appreciating asset that these homeowners now feel safe living in.

We turned this nasty crawlspace with structural problems into a clean and safe crawlspace with the SmartJack support system.

This homeowner contacted Basement Systems Of New York because his foundation wall was bowing. The reason this occurred was that little to their knowledge when, they originally purchased the home over thirty years ago, they did not know that the addition that the previous homeowner put on wasn't properly; supported and tied into the wall. Also, when their siding was installed water was allowed to run behind it and hit the foundation wall.

Upon our Specialist inspecting and taking their measurements, he noticed that the wall had deflected inward approximately three inches. Because of the amount of deflection due to both soil and water erosion, this home's foundation wall was severely compromised and had to repair before things became worse. 

To take care of the issue, we started by jackhammering six inches from the foundation wall to create a trench. Once we had removed the old concrete, we installed four PowerBraces with an eight-foot brace strategically spaced with our top-lever bracket. We then built a form around the trench we had created with two-by-fours. Once completed, we pour our concrete footing/curb around our PowerBraces. In doing so, we were able to provide much more stability and rigidity to the wall. 

Since reinforcing their foundation, this homeowner has been able to sleep easy at night knowing that their home will not fall over. Also, they now have some more storage space due to how their new footing/curb sits. They could not be any happier with how their project turned out. They are so glad that they decided to invest in the security of their home.  

Basement Systems of New York was contacted to see how we could help this home in Highland, NY with its bowing wall issue in the homeowners' basement. After our specialist performed his analysis he realized that in order to undo the issue at hand that was caused by settlement we would need to pour a new 24" x 16" concrete footing. We then would construct a new block wall on top of it, which is properly reinforced with rebar and pinned to both sides of the foundation walls. By implementing both a new block wall and concrete footing we would be able to properly reinforce the wall and permanently relieve the home of its bowing wall issue due to the stability and rigidity of it now.

25 years ago we installed our patented CleanSpace throughout the entirety of this home's crawl space. Now 25 years later they called us back to take care of their foundation and humidity issues that they were having.

The main issue that they had called us about originally was for their foundation and humidity issues, but to fix the problems at hand we had to remove a majority of the work we had done 25 years ago and replace it to remove the old supports, and install our new support systems. In doing so all of the issues they were having would be alleviated and would make this home like new.

For us to take care of the foundation issues we started by supporting the home to pull out and replace all of their block supports throughout the entire crawl space, we then strategically installed a total of 30 SmartJacks throughout the crawl space, all of which would tie directly into the main girder and our newly installed steel i-beam. We then removed their old inefficient sump pump system and installed our SmartSump with a 35-foot discharge line.

After installing our sump pump system we then installed our drain matting underneath our new CleanSpace. Because in the back section of the crawl space we did not need to remove and replace our old CleanSpace we only laid it throughout the main section and the right section of their crawl space past the chimney. Once this was completed we installed our Everlast door in their existing basement entryway so they could have full access to check on things, as well as store any belongings that they would like to in their new space.

Finally, before completing our project, we installed our patented BasementAire Dehumidification system, this system will help to keep the humidity in their crawl space and home as low as possible due to its proprietary hourly air sampling system. Overall the homeowner could not have been more ecstatic about the outcome, but more importantly to them that they were able to regain peace of mind and did not have to worry every night when they went to sleep if their home was going to fall over.