Before & After Photos

Shifts in foundation occur naturally as soil moves, harsh weather conditions are experienced, there is flooding in your backyard, you name it. But bowing walls are something to take seriously as they directly impact the integrity of the foundation of your home.

This basement in Kewadin, MI was experiencing some bowing so we installed our PowerBrace system to fix the problem. The PowerBrace can counteract bowing and help walls straighten to their original position by gradually tightening over time. The beams are attached to the ceiling and the foundation of the floor, shown in the after photo. The steel I-beams are zinc coated and never rot, allowing the basement to maintain a clean and finished look.

This Kewadin, MI crawl space was riddled with moisture and mold. A surefire way to remedy the moisture problem in this crawl space was to install our durable CleanSpace material on the walls and ground to act as a vapor barrier. Dimple matting between the ground and CleanSpace material facilitated water flow to a new UltraSump system. This sump pump system safely removed any moisture from the crawl space. It was equipped with a battery-backup system so that it would continue to protect the space even during a power outage. A SaniDry CX dehumidifier protects the crawl space from any harmful water vapor in the air and helps keep building materials dry so that mold does not grow once again.  We used our Mold-X treatment to create a safer environment below the home so that the air rising into the spaces above would be clean and breathable. This crawl space is now dramatically improved and much safer and dryer. 

We had installed WaterGuard for this customer in an adjacent property last year, so when they called with a flooding problem in their preschool's basement, we got right to work.

It took three TripleSafe Sump Pump systems as well as a full installation of WaterGuard, but the preschool is now dry and safe. 

Discharge lines are one of the more commonly overlooked aspects of our waterproofing projects. After adding in a sump pump or a drainage system, that water must be carried somewhere. The obvious preference is that the water is deposited so far away it can never reach your home again, but that’s not always possible.

After one of our Ayers teams completed a crawlspace encapsulation in East Jordan, they had to take the steps to prevent flooding from happening again. The flood occurred because there was ground water close enough to the crawlspace to leak in. Our discharge lines and lawnscape outlet focus on making sure that the same water doesn’t return. The biggest to those lines will be freezing temperatures (as seen in the before picture). If the line were to freeze over, water that was exiting the system would be forced back to the crawl space sump pump because of clogging. That’s why the team installed an IceGuard shield. The shield is an alternative escape route in the event that the line freezes. The IceGuard shield points away from the foundation to prevent water from leaking back in. Obviously our hope is that the water will exit at the safe distance of the lawnscape outlet, but when temperatures freeze our only focus is getting the water out.

Maybe one-day snow and ice won’t be a problem for us Midwesterners, but until then we’re glad that we’ve got IceGuard.

Darryl has a seasonal waterfront home that had a water intrusion issue in the basement. Water was coming up from the cracks in the floor and the sump pump was not pumping the water out. We used the WaterGuard to collect the water and send it to a new sump pump. It is installed under the floor so you do not have an unsightly drain in your space. The new sump pump we installed, the TripleSafe, has 3 levels of protection to keep the home dry even if a pump fails or there is a power outage. We also installed the SaniDry XP dehumidifier to dry the space and filter the air. It stands up and can be stored in a corner or closet so that it can stay out of the way in your basement.