Foundation Repair Photo Album: Wall Repair in Columbia, TN

This customer in Columbia, TN, called Frontier after noticing cracks in the foundation walls. This wall is shearing and cracking. To stabilize the wall, we installed our PowerBrace Beams and our GeoLock™ Wall Anchor System. Using both these methods, we were able to stop the wall failure and restore stability to the foundation walls.

Foundation Wall Cracks

Foundation cracks vary in severity from a simple cosmetic issue to a major problem with your home. However, even serious foundation problems, when addressed early on, can be quickly and permanently fixed.

Inward Bowing Walls Causing Cracking

Water-saturated soil can sometimes exert enough pressure to cause foundation walls to bow, bulge or tilt.

Excavation Process

We excavate a small area to install the PowerBrace I-Beams. Once this is complete we cover the area with cement to stabilize the system.

PowerBrace System

The PowerBrace™ is a patented foundation wall repair system that's designed to stabilize failing basement walls and provide the potential t straighten walls over time.

The PowerBrace™ Foundation Wall Repair System

The PowerBrace™ employs a unique, patented approach to stabilizing and straightening bowed and buckled foundation walls over time.

i-beams

These steel i-beams will stabilize the wall in its current position without any further adjustment. Over time, the PowerBrace™ System can be tightened to make bowing or tilting walls straighter.

Earth Anchor Installation

Outside of the foundation, a section of the sod is carefully and temporarily removed at each earth anchor location. Workers dig a hole where each anchor will go. This earth anchor is made with high-quality galvanized steel to resist corrosion, and includes a 25-year warranty against manufacturing defects, as well as our own in-house quality and performance warranty.

Prepare The Foundation Wall

Next, we drill a small hole in your foundation wall for the steel anchor rod that will extend from the wall to each earth anchor. We drive the anchor rod through the soil until it can be attached to its earth anchor.

Mounting Wall Plates

Once the earth anchor has been attached to the anchor rod, a steel wall plate will be mounted to the anchor rod on the inside of the foundation. Once this step of the installation has been completed for each earth anchor, the inward movement of your foundation walls will have been permanently halted. These wall anchors can now be tightened to continue to straighten and support the foundation wall.

Straightening Basement Walls

At this point, your foundation repair experts will attempt to straighten the foundation walls back to their original position. Wall anchors will be tightened and adjusted accordingly and will provide long-term support for the walls.