Before & After Photos

This basement wall in Owensville, OH, had started to bow inward due to hydrostatic pressure pushing against it from the outside soil. The movement was beginning to cause cracks and visible staining along the surface. To permanently stabilize the wall, we installed our PowerBrace Wall Repair System, which uses heavy-duty steel beams to support and gradually straighten the wall over time. We also finished the project by installing BrightWall panels behind the PowerBraces to cover the stained concrete, giving the basement a clean, bright appearance while protecting it from future moisture issues.

Our CarbonArmor wall repair system is a strong yet minimally invasive solution for foundation walls beginning to bow inward. In this Morrow, OH basement, we started by grinding the wall to create a clean, rough surface for proper adhesion. A layer of epoxy resin was then applied, followed by the installation of carbon fiber straps for reinforcement. Another coat of epoxy secured the straps firmly in place. Each strap was then anchored to the rim joist using our ArmorLock system, which connects the carbon fiber to a heavy-duty steel bracket for added stability. The result is a permanent, low-profile repair that strengthens the wall and prevents further movement.

The crack you can see from the "before" picture from this basement in Goshen, OH, is very common. When a block wall experiences lateral movement, it will first start to crack in a horizontal line right near the frost line is in the outside soil. In the later stages of development, the crack will then expand to both corners of the wall in a stair-like pattern. Although a quite scary crack, we have seen it thousands of times and have repaired it thousands of times with our PowerBrace system. Our PowerBraces are made of steel and are coated in zinc to prevent rusting. They also have specially designed brackets at the top to prevent floor joist damage, and these brackets allow us to potentially straighten out the wall again through annual adjustments. The homeowner was relieved to know that we've seen this crack thousands of times, and that we were able to install a full-proof system. 

This homeowner called us because they noticed horizontal cracks in their foundation walls and they noticed that the walls were bowing in more and more over time. They knew they were going to need some reinforcing to protect their home, so they called us. We installed our steel zinc-coated PowerBraces on all the walls that were bowing in. PowerBraces are great because they are designed to not only realign the walls over time, but they also protect floor joists from damage, unlike alternative steel beams other contractors may install.

We installed slab piers for this home in Winchester, Ohio, in order to level out the sunken flooring. You can note the gap between the floor and the baseboard in the before picture, and how the gap closed in the after picture. We use slab piers in order to permanently stabilize the slab by connecting the slab to load bearing-soil found deep below the house. We can then raise the piers in order to raise the slab back to where it was when it was originally poured. We then fill the voids left from raising the slab with our expansive PolyLevel foam. The result is a floor that won't ever settle again for this slab foundation home.