7 Foundation Repair Products for a Strong Home

When your foundation is damaged, your home’s structural integrity is compromised. Many homeowners, however, don’t know much about the next steps. So, they end up wasting time weighing options as their foundations deteriorate.

Knowing your repair options and products can help you quickly decide on a solution that suits your budget and situation. Let’s look at seven popular foundation repair solutions and how they help the foundation.

1. Push Piers

Made from galvanized steel, push piers are your answer to a settling foundation.

Contractors hydraulically drive the piers through the unstable soil into the more competent soil before attaching them with strong steel brackets.

Once they’ve stabilized the structure, they also can potentially lift it back to its original position.

2. Helical Piers

Helical piers serve two purposes, just as push piers do.

They stabilize your home and can restore a settling foundation to its original position.

This type of pier is comprised of helical plates welded to a pier shaft. Installation involves screwing the pier shaft deep into the soil, which also provides anchoring strength and transfer the weight of the load to the pier.

3. Slab Piers

For slab foundation homes that sink, many people turn to slab piers to save the situation.

Contractors drive these piers into the damaged area until they reach the bedrock.

The good thing about these piers is that they require little excavation, and once they are properly positioned and installed, they remain hidden.

4. Crawl Space Supports

If you have sagging or bouncy floors and live over a crawl space, your best bet is IntelliJack™ crawl space supports.

This solution stabilizes and levels the girders and floor joists in your home. Crafted from heavy-duty steel, these supports can withstand heavy loads. Plus, they’re easy to customize.

5. Wall Anchor System

Heavy loads aren’t the only things your foundation walls endure. Lateral forces and hydrostatic pressure can greatly impact them as well.

Both can bow, tilt, and crack your walls.

To counter these forces, you may need a wall anchor system. This system is comprised of steel rods and plates that stabilize the walls of your home. The rods are threaded, which can help straighten bowing walls.

6. IntelliBrace™ System

If space restrictions prevent you from using wall anchors to strengthen the foundation walls, the IntelliBrace™ wall bracing system is the next best alternative.

These adjustable steel I-beams will stabilize your tilting or bowing walls and may even restore them to their original positions. They’re zinc-coated and will remain rust-free.

7. Carbon Fiber Wall Reinforcing System

Another solution that can stabilize your foundation is carbon fiber straps, which have structural epoxy.

These straps are suitable for reinforcing bowing walls that deflect inward less than 2 inches. They are a good alternative to I-beams if movement is detected early.

This solution doesn’t require any excavation.

Innovative Basement Authority offers the best versions of the top 7 foundation repair options we just discussed because our products have been tested in thousands of homes for nearly 20 years.

Our outstanding, engineered product lineup, combined with our commitment to continuous staff training, ensures that you are in the best hands if you ever need foundation repair.

We provide solutions that have proven their reliability and effectiveness time and again. Schedule a free inspection with us today to secure your home’s foundation.