4 Ways to Level Your Foundation

Feeling like your home isn’t as stable as it used to be? Foundation leveling might be the solution you need, and it’s less daunting with the support of seasoned foundation repair professionals like Baker’s Waterproofing.

This guide walks you through the essentials of foundation leveling, including why it might be necessary for your home, the benefits of a FREE foundation inspection, and our specialized installation process.

• Cracking foundation walls or floors
• Drywall cracks
• Drywall nail pops
• Ceiling cracks

• Sticking windows or doors
• Uneven floors
• Brick cracks
• Cracking or leaning chimney

Helical piers feature steel shafts with spiral blades at their ends, acting like screws to firmly anchor your property to the stable soil below. This technique guarantees a solid foundation for your home.

We begin with excavating around the foundation to expose the footing, followed by using hydraulic equipment to drive the piers into the ground. The spiral blades easily cut through the soil, anchoring securely as our experienced technicians guide them to the necessary depth.

Once in place, a durable steel bracket is securely attached to the foundation footing, effectively distributing the weight of the structure to the solid earth below.

Due to their versatility, helical piers are exceptionally suited for stabilizing lighter buildings across a variety of situations.

Push piers are similar, but have a distinct design and installation procedure.

These piers are composed of elongated steel rods that are pushed into the ground after accessing the foundation footing.

After affixing a bracket to the footing, the piers are inserted through this bracket, extending past the unstable soil layers to reach the solid bedrock below. Also known as resistance piers, this system provides enduring stability for your home.

Our slab pier system, tailored for concrete slab foundations, addresses and rectifies issues of settling. By acting as robust columns, these piers shift your home’s weight onto more stable soil, averting potential future settlement and shifts caused by expansive soils.

In addition to ensuring stability, slab piers strive to return your slab to its original position. They are a critical element of a comprehensive approach aimed at bolstering your home’s structural soundness, enhancing solutions such as basement waterproofing or crawl space repairs.

For issues like sagging floors and related problems—including creaking, uneven surfaces, and visual discrepancies—our crawl space support posts are the solution. Designed specifically for crawl spaces, these solid steel supports reinforce weakened floor joists, promoting a uniformly level and firm floor.

With the capacity to support upwards of 24,000 lbs. each and subjected to stringent testing and certification, our posts adhere to the utmost safety and performance standards in the industry. They are a dependable method for strengthening the core structure of your home.