Before & After Photos

Jennifer C. recently purchased a home in Leon, IA with plans to restore the house to increase its value. The home is over one-hundred years old, and the basement is experiencing extreme wall failure. It has a brick foundation with mortar joints that were deteriorating, and the walls were bowing inward. Familiar with our reputation, she gave us at Thrasher a call to permanently repair her foundation.

System Design Specialist Tyler Dopheide arrived in Leon, IA and began inspecting the foundation of the home. For extreme wall failure, our team utilized the Shotlock Restoration System and PowerBrace Wall Support to prevent the walls from collapsing. Shotlock is combined with our GeoLock wall anchors in order to stabilize the failing foundation. The PowerBrace System is then installed to tighten and make the bowing walls sit more vertical without any external excavation. These two products paired together can stabilize even the most severe failing walls.

Jennifer was thrilled with the appearance of the basement walls and felt liberated knowing the foundation was secure. She now has the confidence needed to begin the remodeling process of her newly purchased home.

This homeowner wanted to get his house fixed up before his daughter came to visit him. He knew that his floors had been settling in the middle for some years, however he hasn't wanted to pay much attention to this problem until the present. After having many people tell him that they couldn't fix it, he gave us a call to see what we could do to help. 

We sent System Design Specialist Kevin French to inspect the support underneath the floor, and see what was happening. Kevin took a look in the crawlspace and saw that there was no climate control system in the crawlspace which had allowed the supports to sink down and not hold up the floor anymore. After showing this to the homeowner and reassuring that this problem can be fixed, the homeowner was relieved that someone had finally given him a solution. Our team went out to the home and installed SmartJacks and a supplemental support beam to lift the floors closer to being flat. These products helped to strengthen and stabilize the floor so that the home was more secure.

The homeowner was thrilled that we were able to help him. He thought the crew did an amazing job and he can't wait until his daughter comes to visit now. Check out the new crawlspace supports in this home!

This homeowner was struggling because he just bought his home recently, and he noticed that the drywall was separating at the ceiling around his bathroom door. He was concerned that this would progressively get worse, so after seeing our help of his neighbor with a similar issue, he gave us a call.

We sent System Design Specialist Brandon Powers to inspect the support structure of the homeowner's crawl space because this is what often causes cracks in upstairs drywall. Brandon found that the upstairs floors were uneven and that was causing the issues of the drywall. The floors being uneven were due to the existing support structures in the home's crawl space were not functioning anymore. Brandon knew just what to do, so his team installed SmartJacks to permanently stabilize the floor and lift it back to its original position. They also installed a new TripleSafe Sump Pump so that there were no more issues with support beams failing.

The homeowner was happy that he would have a peace of mind about his new home. Check out his crawl space repair!

Get the support your foundation needs with this wall brace and beam system! Wall brace and beam solutions are used to repair bowing, buckling, or significant cracks in foundation walls. 

This homeowner lives alone and rarely could get into her basement. She was worried that the walls would cave in between the times she could get down there. She knew of Thrashers reputation, and gave us a call. Kevin French came out to meet with her. After inspection her foundation, it was clear her walls were in very bad shape. Over time the soil around her foundation had shifted and allowed her walls to be less supported. Kevin proposed we use Power Braces to give that support back to the wall. Power Braces are one of our foundation repair products. They are floor to ceiling braces that are installed to the wall. This prevents the walls to stop caving in, and overtime can straighten the walls back out. Check out the before and after of this process! There is no doubt this homeowner has the peace of mind she was looking for.