Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Foundation settlement is one of the most common causes of foundation problems that we see. The settlement is caused by the soil under and around the home shifting, because it is not packed down nearly as much as the undisturbed ground around it. The severity of settlement really depends on a couple of factors; one being, how tightly packed the soil was after the foundation of the home was built, and how long the homeowner has gone without addressing the problem.

Unfortunately, this homeowner had been living with this problem for awhile without getting it taken care of. As you can see from the before photo, the crack in this chimney is not just a small crack, but rather a huge gap. This is very dangerous, because you never know when something could happen and the entire chimney could come down. This is definitely something that you do not want to wait on, but rather get taken care of sooner, rather than later.

While the after photo is not the completely finished product, it does show the difference between the chimney before the push piers were installed and afterwards. As you can see, the gap has been almost completely closed through the raising of the piers. You can also see the difference that the piers made in the duct tape on the chimney, especially the piece on the right. 

This Moore, SC home needed some help with its foundation. The home had begun to sag and needed something to rely on. Thanks to our All-Dry of the Carolinas team we were able to give this home’s foundation the support it needed! In the “before” pictures it might not be obvious, but the floor joist had begun to stag coming awfully close to the pipes in the crawlspace. In the “after” picture you see that a SmartJack was added to give the foundation the support it needed. The Smartjack helped lift up the floor joist where it had begun to sink bringing the homes floors back to an even level.

This customer had a huge problem. They were in desperate need of some kind of foundation support system to fix these huge cracks in their home. Our crew installed our FSI Push Pier System in order to fix these and it really did the trick!

The "before" picture shows a huge crack in the customer's garage. We see small cracks which can cause a problem, but we hardly see cracks that you can see through to the outside!

The "after" photo shows the same crack after we installed our Push Piers and sealed the crack. You can see just how big of a difference the push piers can make! The best things about our products are that they give each and every one of our customers peace of mind after they are installed! This goes for both preventative work and work after the problem has already arisen.

The SmartJacks were placed under the floor joist of the home and then used to push the floors back into place. To install it, we excavate a two-foot cube at each SmartJack location. The hole is then filled with concrete or engineered to create a stable, loadbearing footing. The SmartJack sits on top of it with a custom-engineered base to prevent the support system from sinking when the moister starts to affect the soil. SmartJacks are then adjusted to the perfect position to support the floor joist of the home. This SmartJack technology, is made of steel which will not rust when exposed to moister and it can also hold over 60,000 pounds! This product was able to save this homes sagging floor problem.

The customer had some major foundation issues that needed work done as soon as possible. You will see in the the pictures just how bad this customer's home was. While we did a lot of work in this home that was not just foundation repair, that part of the job is what will be focused on in this Before and After. In order to correct this major cracking in the foundation, we used several push piers to lift the house into a more level position.

The "before" photo shows the crack before the push piers had been installed. You can see how large this crack is in the foundation of the home. While some small cracks in foundations can (although they should not be) ignored, however this was not the case. Very rarely do foundations get this bad without a major event (i.e. sinkhole, earthquake) happening.

The "after" photo shows the same area after the push piers had been installed. The push piers are able to lift and level out the home. After the leveling is done, our installation specialists go back and fill in the crack, binding the two halves back together.