Before & After Photos

Mark had a bowing wall that he wanted fixed so he called our team. We installed PowerBrace, a foundation repair system created to secure basement walls in place. Outside pressures can cause your basement walls to crack or tilt, but 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.

The wall was starting to bow. Stairstep cracks are a tell-tale sign that the soil outside your home is putting too much pressure on the foundation walls.  The owner said that was no cracks in the upper levels of the house, thankfully. 

Wall anchors work well to fix almost any type of bowing wall. They are also installed independently of the floor system so there's no additional stress on floor joists. It works to straighten your wall over time because it can be tightened. The only time this system isn't possible is if there isn't ample room on the outside of your home to install the system.

Would you feel safe in a basement where there are a bunch of cracks in the wall? Neither would I, those basement walls are holding the whole house up, so if they collapsed... that would be terrible. Here at Ayers we are committed to make homes safe. For Example, this home in Saint Joseph called us about their basement walls and how they noticed slight bowing. We came to the home and were able to fix the issue before it became it major problem (the homeowners made a very smart decision calling us). We were able to then install Wall Anchors. We install these by digging a tiny hole in that are a few feet away from the home. Then we drill a steel rod through a 1 inch hole in the basement wall. After that, the rod connects to an anchor that is placed in the hole of the soil. Once we place the plates on afterwards, we have permanently stabilized the basement. So now the homeowner doesn't have to worry about an unsafe basement ever again.

There was a bowed wall in Nicholas and Katie's basement, so our team installed the GeoLock Anchor System. In most cases this system can eventually straighten the wall back to its original position. In addition, this system permanently stabilizes walls. It is installed by putting heavy anchors in stable soil away from your foundation wall and is ideal because it involves minimal disturbance to your lawn and home.

Customers had bowing foundation walls that they needed help straightening out. So our team 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.