8 Foundation Stabilizers to Benefit Your Home

Foundation damage is common, but ignoring the signs of damage can cost you more time and money in the long run. This page lists eight foundation repair techniques that restore your home or commercial business property when you need it most. Let’s get started.

Push pier systems stabilize foundations, preventing further settling and cracks. The best results often lift structures back to their original position. 

How It Works: Push Piers (a series of steel tube sections) are pushed into the ground with a hydraulic ram to reach a load-bearing stratum. Then, they are anchored to the structure, and the weight of your home becomes the resistance mass needed to push against the piers. This resistance will keep the piers in place and create stability, lift, and leveling for your home’s foundation. 

The helical pier system will permanently stabilize your home’s foundation and prevent it from settling further. Similar to how a screw holds up a shelf, helical piers secure your home in place. In many cases, helical piers lift the sunken foundations and create robust stability. 

How It Works: Helical piers (steel pipes fitted with helices) are screwed into a high-density stratum with a handheld hydraulic motor. Then, steel brackets are fitted, and the weight of your home is transferred to the pier. 

Slab piers are explicitly designed for concrete slab foundations. They stabilize sinking slab foundations by stabilizing the underlying soil and transferring the weight to more reliable soil. This process stops and prevents future settling.

How it Works: Slab pier installation involves removing flooring, drilling to the slab footing, and positioning a bracket. The piers are extended into the ground, monitored, and capped. The home’s weight is transferred onto the slab pier for support. The holes are then cemented and smoothed for aesthetics.

The IntelliJack™ system stabilizes and strengthens existing crawl space beams and floor joists by assisting the problem soil beneath the home. IntelliJacks™ is the best solution for lifting the floors above the crawlspace to their original position and stopping them from “bouncing.” 

How It Works: A solid base of engineered filling assists weak foundation soil by transferring the home’s weight to a high-density stratum. Then, IntelliJack™ columns (heavy-duty steel) are cut to size and securely fit between the solid base and the beams or joists in the crawl space. 

CMU (cement masonry units) piers are used in load-bearing capacities where your home’s foundation may be failing or sinking. CMU piers are one of the most cost-effective solutions because they are a reliable, proven construction material. 

How It Works: CMU piers consist of a series of 8″x 16″ concrete blocks stacked on a solid footing underneath the home to provide support and level the affected flooring system. CMU piers are relatively easy to install and do not require much maintenance.

The IntelliBrace™ wall repair system stabilizes foundation walls. The rare, patented structure of our IntelliBrace™ system allows tightening over time, potentially reversing wall failure (cracking, bowing, and tipping) without drilling or digging. 

How It Works: Zinc-plated steel beams are custom-built to your basement’s wall height and secured tightly against the basement wall using brackets anchored to the floor or floor joists. 

The carbon fiber wall repair system is the quickest solution for permanently stabilizing cracking, bowing, or leaning block foundation walls. 

How It Works: The carbon fiber system uses fiber-reinforced polymers that are stronger than steel and flexible enough to contour tightly against your basement wall. The installment includes brackets to bind and secure the carbon fiberstraps to the floor joists in your basement. 

The wall anchoring system stabilizes poured concrete foundation walls, preventing bowing and further settlement.

How It Works: The wall anchor system is made of high-strength steel brackets that reinforce the top wall connections, ending where the problem began. This system provides your foundation walls with multiple and direct attachments that will add greater strength and permanently stabilize them. 

• Foundation wall and floor cracks
• Sinking foundation
• Misaligned doors and windows 
• Drywall cracks and nail pops

• Floor gaps 
• Uneven floors
• Cracked chimney
• Cracked bricks

Recognizing that your home or commercial building needs repair is the first step toward preserving it. If you have concerns about your foundation or notice signs of problems, contact Dry Pro Foundation and Crawlspace Specialists for a free inspection.