Cracks in basement walls
The amount of pressure taken to crack a concrete block is just massive.
Cracked basement wall
Another crack, not far from the first
Stopping water from entering basement
Here you can see where the crack got so big that the homeowner filled it with expanding foam to prevent water from coming in.
installing the push pier system
Here we used a jackhammer to remove a piece of the floor slab and expose the footer.
Push pier bracket
Push pier bracket get installed directly under the wall after a small piece of the footer is removed.
Just before the small piece of footer is removed
Fresh hole, ready for another bracket.
closing up afterwards
Once things are properly supported, the holes are filled in and the job is mostly done.
Base of the stairs
Once this concrete drys, you won't even notice we were there. Aside from the fixed foundation of course.