Before & After Photos

This home in Ft Mitchell, KY, had a settling foundation, which was causing the home's brick exterior to crack. As you can see from the before picture, the biggest crack in the home started from the bottom right corner of the window, and in a stair-like pattern, expanded all the way down to the bottom right corner of the brick wall. The homeowner also noted that the window was shut tight as a result of the settling. This problem is super common for settling homes, mainly because windows and doors are often times the weakest part in the wall, causing them to be the first to show signs of settlement. This is also why the crack had spread in a stair-step like pattern, as the mortar between the brick is also the structurally weakest point in a wall. We ended up underpinning the foundation with our helical piers, which allowed us to lift the foundation back up. This process helped close the cracks, and it even made the window useable again. The homeowner was very happy with the outcome.

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This home in Cincinnati, OH, had a settling foundation that was resulting in cracks. The before picture shows our piers attached underneath the footing of the foundation, but not yet lifted. The after shows the closed gap after we lifted the footers with our hydraulic device. If you look really closely, you can even notice the change in the angle of the structure. Gone be sticky windows and doors!

The wall in this Cincinnati, OH, basement was leaking and cracking. We ended up bracing, waterproofing, and concealing the wall with our PowerBrace steel beams, our WaterGuard subfloor drains, and our BrightWall paneling system. By relieving the wall of hydrostatic pressure, the homeowner became relieved of worrisome thoughts about their home. 

As seen in the before photo, this basement wall in Cincinnati, OH, had a large horizontal crack running across it. This crack was a result of the middle of the wall shifting inwards over time due to external hydrostatic pressure that built up outside the foundation in the soil. To stop the wall from moving more, we braced it with our steel PowerBraces. If you look at braces in the after photo, you may be able to see a gap between the tops of the braces and the wall. This gap shows just how much the wall had moved inwards, as the braces were installed perfectly vertical. Also, not the highlight of this photo set, but we also waterproofed this basement with our subfloor drains, a vapor barrier, and an unpictured sump pump.

This garage lintel in Cincinnati, OH, was drooping before we lifted and stabilized it with a lintel repair. A garage lintel, (the top of the garage opening) can start to droop downwards over time, causing the lintel to look like a slight grin. We lifted the lintel by installing steel beams along the inside of both walls in the opening of the garage face. We then ran a steel beam across both jacks to distribute the load. After jacking the lintel back to plum, we then covered the steel beams with a fresh trim. This trim completely concealed the steel beams. The homeowner was very happy with the outcome, and was super impressed with our crews ability to work around the garage number pad on the right side. Click here to learn more from our lintel repair distributor!