Foundation Repair Photo Album: Sinking Area of Clinton, SC Home Lifted and Stabilized with Push Piers

There are many reasons that foundation issues come up in homes. This home, in particular, was dealing with a portion of their home sinking. The homeowner began noticing small cracks around the foundation and because they were local, they gave All-Dry of the Carolinas a call. One of our System Design Specialists was able to get out to the home and see exactly what needed to be done to fix the foundation problems of this home. After looking over the area our Specialist suggested that we install a total of nine push piers to lift and stabilize the sinking areas in this home's foundation. The homeowner happily agreed to have the work done so that they no longer had to worry about these issues. Our crew went out to the home shortly after and began installing the nine push piers. This photo album will show off the work that our crew did in order to stabilize this home.

Cracking Foundation

Here is one of the problem areas that our System Design Specialist found during his inspection. This area has been cracked and broken down quite a bit. This area by itself was a pretty good indication of the work that needed to be done for this home.

Steel Support for Push Pier

This cracking and partially crumbling concrete footer wasn't suitable for our push pier to be secured to. In order to make it work, our crew spread out the force along a bigger area by using a steel support instead of securing the push pier straight to the concrete.

Push Pier Being Lifted

This photo was taken while the crew was in the process of lifting the home. While only one can be seen in this photo, generally all push piers are being lifted at the same time. This helps to ensure a steady, even lift of the home.

Line of Installed Push Piers

Since the settlement and sinking foundation was occurring on this side of the home, and pretty severely at that, all nine push piers were installed on this side of the home. This homeowner wasn't going to have to worry about settlement any longer.

Installed Push Piers

Here is what the area looked like after our crew had been out and installed the push piers. Usually the piers are deep enough to be completely covered by the ground, but because the foundation footer was very shallow, the tops of the push piers were above ground level.

Push Piers After Installation

Here is what the area looked like after our crew was completely finished with the job. This home has been successfully lifted and the foundation stabilized so that the homeowner no longer has to worry about their home sinking.

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