Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

These wall anchors were installed in a different manner than you might be used to seeing. Normally the basement walls are bowing in and we dig holes in the yard to install the earth plates. In this case, the wall was bowing out into the backyard. This wall is a retaining wall that supports a garage above. We cut open the garage floor and dug down inside it to get the earth anchor plates installed. The wall anchor plates that normally line the inside of the basement walls are now on the outside. The homeowner was quite happy that we were able to save his wall, and in a timely fashion.

For this homeowner, the basement was almost never used and almost avoided. However, they started noticing some signs of settling in their home, they had to take a look in the basement. When they went downstairs, they could not have prepared for what they saw! Their basement wall was bowing inwards! They called the experts at DryZone to do foundation repairs and save their home. With PowerBraces, the walls are stabilized and will over time be restored completely! 

This home in Sussex County Delaware is well over 100 years old, as are many homes in the historical towns in lower Delaware. It is a wonderful home above ground and the owners have even been making improvements over the years. When they finished installing the geothermal heating lines, they went down to inspect the work and saw a wet and smelly cellar. This lead them to add the crawlspace and cellar as the next repair on their list. Both husband and wife had been annoyed with the springy floors in the living room and new that something had to be out of the ordinary down there. Once they saw the inspector's photos and solutions, they were excited to get the floors fixed properly. Several SmartJacks were installed to replace the old concrete pillars, many of which had completely fallen over. SmartJacks are sturdy and adjustable, just in case they need a little tweaking in the future.

A very old home in Georgetown, DE had multiple concrete piers failing. The SmartJack system was installed to replace the old piers and ultimately corrected the bouncy floors.

This girder was so damaged that is was starting to twist. New supports and SmartJacks were needed to fix this home.