Before & After Photos

The back wall of Lori’s house is cracking, however she is looking to refinance her home soon. She knows that this will affect the refinancing of her home so she called our team. We installed CarbonArmor, a wall reinforcing system. CarbonArmor fixes damaged or bowing walls which are both very serious problems and can cause even more serious problems if they aren't fixed properly. CarbonArmor prevents the inward movement of your walls and reduces their cracks. In addition, this system is perfect for Lori because it can easily be concealed in order to give your basement a finished, sleek look.

As you can see, this Battle Creek home had a bowing wall in the basement that they wanted fixed. We installed CarbonArmor to the wall to keep it from cracking and moving further. CarbonArmor includes flexible carbon fiber straps that are stronger in tension than steel. The straps are bonded to the interior face of the wall using a high strength resin. This system requires no exterior excavation, installs quickly, and won't impact future basement finishing.

Cracks in Robert's basement walls were allowing water in, so he called our team. We installed PowerBrace, a foundation repair system created to secure basement walls in place. Often outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, this foundation repair system counteracts these pressures by keeping your basement walls in place. Over time, the system can be tightened to not only secure the walls in place, but to also straighten them back to their original position.

The concrete in front of Virginia’s house was cracking and uneven. So our team installed PolyLevel, a system designed to fix concrete slabs that have sunk by using a polyurethane foam. This foam expands and has a high density in order to raise the concrete. The process is waterproof and long-lasting and is done by drilling small holes into the concrete and then inserting the foam into the holes.

An 8-foot-long horizontal crack in a basement wall caused this Battle Creek, MI homeowner to seek us out. Long horizontal cracks like these are usually a common sign for bowing walls. He had already tried to mend a small part of the crack with spray foam, but it wasn’t doing the job. Knowing that he was planning on selling the home in the next few years, he wanted a solution that would move the walls back to their original position by that time.

The PowerBrace system was just the product for this type of situation. Not only will the PowerBrace beams stop the walls from continuing to bow inward, over time, it can also shift the wall back to its original position. The beams were bracketed to the floor joists, or occasional joist reinforcement pieces, in the ceiling and offer the unique ability to be tightened again whenever deemed necessary. As you can see in the after photo, the beams are right up against the wall to relieve the pressure caused by holding up the foundation. With a 25-year warranty, this homeowner can rest easy knowing his basement walls are will stay protected through the sale of his home and long after.