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Foundation damage can become a very scary thing to face when being a homeowner. It's important to make sure your home's foundation is in good condition and stabilized at all times. Foundation issues can really hurt the value of a home and so it's important to know the signs of foundation issues and when to call an export.
Quality 1st Basements installed 6 SmarkJacks and 20 Power Brace Supplemental Beams to provide additional support to the floor joist. Now the home is stabilized and our system will prevent future movement and structural damage.
To stop this garage wall from cracking further, Quality 1st Basement Systems installed wall anchors. Now the Middletown, NJ home is much safer.
This Middletown, NJ homeowner contacted Quality 1st Basement Systems requesting a visit with one of our Foundation Experts. They were noticing small horizontal cracks along with exposed basement wall and wanted to speak with a specialist on the proper way to repair and prevent future damage to the foundation. Our team recommended Carbon Armor Reinforcement System, to be installed against the foundation wall to secure the wall in place and prevent future bowing. Our Specialist determined that these cracks were signs of the beginning stages of wall movement and luckily the homeowner addressed this situation early on to prevent serious movement and damage to the foundation in the future.
This homeowner in Brick, New Jersey noticed their basement walls were bowing inwards. This is a sign of foundation issues from the soil being saturated and pushing against the foundation. They contacted Quality 1st Basement Systems and our System Design Specialist, Matt Abrahamsen, provided an inspection and suggested they use straps to hold and stabilize the walls. Our foreman, Mario Barron, installed the CarbonArmor Straps which includes flexible carbon fiber straps. These straps are 10 times stronger in tension than steel and are bonded to the interior wall.
Foundation Design Specialist Steve Ventriglio met with this customer to propose a reliable solution for a failing foundation. With a slight bowing of the concrete block basement wall and horizontal cracking, reinforcement of the wall with CarbonArmor straps seemed the best solution, a low profile fix that gets bonded to the wall with a relatively quick install as no exterior excavation is neeeded. Foreman Esau Aquino and his crew installed the state-of-the-art straps to stabilize the foundation.