Before & After Photos

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. 

Rebecca, a homeowner in Saint Joseph, MI found herself facing an unstable situation with her home and knew that she needed to seek help from her local foundation support experts. That’s why she called us when she realized the sagging wooden beam in her crawlspace was not providing the support that her foundation desperately needed. Upon diagnosing her foundation support needs, we prescribed four small Smart Jacks and a new steel support beam to stabilize her home. The Smart Jack is a supplemental support system for crawl space applications. The Smart Jack effectively supports sagging beams and floor joists caused by, a length of span greater than spanning capability, floor load increased after construction, exceeding design values, and weakening over time due to high moisture and rot. A major benefit of these steel Smart Jacks is that they can easily be adjusted if future settling occurs. For Rebecca, calling Ayers was a solid idea! With this innovative stability solution in place, our new friend can rest assured that her home will forever be supported.

A customer needed help repairing his basement wall because it wasn't stabilized. Due to the lack of stabilization, cracks in the wall formed and were letting water through. So our team installed the GeoLock Anchor System which permanently stabilized his wall. In most cases it can eventually straighten the wall back to its original position. It is done by putting heavy anchors in stable soil away from your foundation wall. This system is ideal because it involves minimal disturbance to his lawn and home.