Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Janet has lived in her home for over 50 years. She also envisions her daughter moving into it in the future. Needless to say, this farmhouse will be in the family for the unforeseeable future. That's why when Janet noticed her unstable basement walls, she knew she had to fix them. She reached out to several foundation repair companies and noted that Thrasher was the only one that took the time to look at the entire foundation and explain precisely why her walls were cracking. 

One of our System Design Specialists, Trevor Stokes, went out to her property and found that the south wall of the house was bowing in from soil weight and pressure against it. On top of that, the north half of the home sits on a crawl space, and the beams were sagging from inadequate supports, which made the north side of the crawl space sink. As a result, Janet was experiencing sloping floors, sticking doors, and drywall cracks throughout her home. 

We installed EverBrace to stabilize the south wall and prevent it from bowing any further to fix these issues. Then we installed helical piers and SmartJacks in the crawlspace to stabilize the floor and keep the north side of the foundation from sinking any further.

Janet was impressed with how hard the crew worked and how fast they could get it all done, especially considering the team had to make several unique adjustments to the situation. 

Julie had a barn on her property that had been empty for several years. But she is now ready to fill it with livestock. Unfortunately, she had noticed the northwest corner of the barn was not looking good. Before letting her livestock call this barn home, it was important to her to make the necessary repairs first.

System Design Specialist, Brock Scott, visited the property to get to the root of the problem. He found that the building had a 4 part foundation wall that consisted of footing, a pit wall, a slab on top of the pit wall, and a concrete wall going around the perimeter. The northwest corner was falling away from the rest of the building and was suffering settlement damage. The weight of the concrete on the wall was causing it to break.

To stabilize the settlement, we used helical piers. Helical piers are giant metal screws driven into the soil to stabilize and repair a foundation or lift lighter structures. We then used a carbon armor strap to keep the corner attached to the barn.

Julie was so happy with the completed work and liked how we explained everything to her and informed her of any changes to the original plan. 

Mike's been remodeling his home and wants to do it right. It's important to him to preserve their forever home the best he can, and he knows protecting the foundation is key. Mike's worked with Thrasher in the past, so he knew exactly who to call. System Design Specialist, Jesse White, went out to Mike's home to see what was going on. 

Upon inspection, we found Mike's foundation walls were failing and had moved enough to see an impact on the upper level of the home. To fix this issue, we installed PowerBrace on the walls for extra support. Our PowerBrace system involves galvanized I-beams that run the full height of your foundation walls and is securely fastened to the concrete basement floor.

Mike was very happy with the results. 

Mike and his wife really wanted to remodel their basement. When they started demo, they realized their foundation was settling. They knew that if they continued to invest in their remodel the settlement issue would just end up damaging all of their hard work. They had to fix the settlement issue first. 

When they called us with their problem, we sent out Daniel Hilkermann to inspect. We found that Mike's home was settling on the north side, pretty substantially. He had bad cracks along the exterior that were affecting the drywall inside. To fix the solution, we installed our Model 288 Push Pier System. The Push Pier System utilizes high-strength round steel tube sections and a load transfer bracket to stabilize and lift settling foundations. 

Mike is a shop teacher and actually brought his students out to see the installation of the piers! Everyone was super excited to see our process and gain knowledge of something most people aren't familiar with. Mike got an opportunity to teach his students and fix his settling foundation in one! 

This customer's home had a crumbling foundation. We came in and installed our EverBrace system. This took on the load weight of the home to prevent complete failure of the home's foundation.