What Are Common Foundation Repair Methods?

When it comes to repairing your home, you’ll want to be sure that you’ve invested in the right means of supporting your home. Choosing from a broad catalog of repair options can overwhelm even the savviest of homeowners, though. That’s where area professionals and their expertise come in handy. After a thorough home inspection, you can sit down with area contractors to explore those means of repair that might suit you best. These can include: 

Piering and Concrete Lifting 

If it appears that the problems you’re dealing with can be traced back to a sinking floor, then you may want to invest in floor supports or piers. Piers are designed to bear the weight of your home in your foundation’s stead. They also can potentially put your foundation back into position after it’s started to sink. Some of the most common types of piers include push piers, helical piers, and slab piers. 

You also have the option to stabilize the soil around your foundation. Loose soil and the Clay Bowl Effect both make it more difficult for your home to remain in a stable position. Professionals in your area can use interior and exterior concrete lifting, often in the form of polyurethane injections, to both stabilize your soil and force your foundation back into its original position. 

Wall Braces and Reinforcements 

If the problems you’re contending with can be traced to your walls, piers and concrete lifting may not repair the damage you’re dealing with. Instead, you may want to invest in wall braces or carbon fiber reinforcements. Wall braces use a system of beams to help bowing walls return to their original positions. While these systems won’t fill leaks, they will stabilize your home so that its upper levels will see less moisture. 

Carbon fiber wall reinforcements work in much the same way. Ten times stronger than steel, professionals can lay these reinforcement straps against your walls. Unobtrusive and easy for professionals to install, carbon fiber wall reinforcements permanently hold your walls in their current positions and keep them there even under threat of additional moisture damage. These types of reinforcements come with longtime warranties, as well.