Love County, Oklahoma Foundation Repair Options

As a homeowner or business owner in Love County, OK, you need to be aware of how the weather in Oklahoma can affect your foundation. When the soil get saturated after a heavy rain, it will expand and heave. When the soil gets dry during a drought, the soil beneath your foundation will sink. This constant shifting of the soil will create your foundation to shift and settle, causing structural damage. When you look around your home, look for some of these signs of foundation failure:

• Brick and masonry problems
• Bowing walls
• Floor cracks
• Sloping and uneven floors
• Wall cracks
• Doors and windows that stick
• Ceiling cracks
• Leaning chimney
• Garage foundation problems
• Beam and post problems

If you see any of these signs of foundation failure in your Love County, OK home or business, contact the professionals at Foundation Repair Services. We have the experience and use the best products available for foundation repair. We use underpinning products that are manufactured by Earth Contact Products (ECP), the leader in foundation repair and basement waterproofing products. 

Steel push piers are the most common foundation repair product used to level a sinking foundation. These steel piers are an end-bearing pier that does not rely upon nor require skin friction to product support. Each pier is individually driving into the ground through unstable soil until they reach a solid soil layer. Each pier is load tested using the maximum weight of the structure as the reaction force. After they are load tested, high pressure hydraulic jacks are place at multiple locations and connected to a hydraulic manifold and the structure is lifted onto the piers.

Helical piers consist of a central shaft with one or more helix-shaped bearing plate and bracket attached. They are ideal to use when there is a need to resist a tension or compressive force or both. They are easy to install and can be installed in all weather conditions. There is little disturbance to the jobsite when using helical piers.

Helical tiebacks are used to fix bowing or leaning walls. They consist of a long rod with a corkscrew end that attaches to a wall plate inside of the foundation wall. They are installed from inside the wall through a small hole and with exterior excavation, the wall can be immediately pulled back to its original level.

For any of your foundation repair needs, let the experts at Pierman Foundation Repair Services come and inspect your home and give you an estimate. We will find the right solution for your foundation repair needs in your Love County, OK home.

Waterproofing in Love County, OK and Muskogee, OK

A wet basement can cause a homeowner a lot of headaches. Not only can it ruin personal possessions, but also causes you to lose living space, storage, and can become an inviting place for mold and mildew. Oklahoma can get some sever storms that produce a lot of rain. If you home is not properly waterproofed, this rain will find its way into your basement or crawlspace. The professionals at Pierman Foundation Repair Services have several solutions for basement waterproofing. these include:

• Surface drainage
  
• Exterior waterproofing
• Interior waterproofing
• Sump pumps
• Battery backup sump pumps
• Crawlspace encapsulation

Surface drainage helps keep water from collecting in your yard and next to your foundation. We install a channel drain that is lightweight with interlocking joints. This channel drain eliminates the need for grading a surface to a low area. Controlling rain water runoff is an important factor in keeping water out of your basement.

Exterior waterproofing is true waterproofing because it stops water from collecting around your foundation. The products involved in exterior waterproofing are:

1. Waterproofing membrane]
2. Dimple drainage board
3. 4" perforated drain pipe
4. 4" drain pipe fittings
5. ECP sump basin
6. Combination primary and back-up sump pump
7. sump pump discharge freeze guard

Interior waterproofing is done using a sealed drain tile that is installed next to the footing, below the concrete floor. This drain tile system directs the water into a sump basin and the sump pump then drains the water away from the foundation.

All of the waterproofing products that Foundation Repair Services uses are manufactured by Earth Contact Products, the best in the industry. Pierman Foundation Repair Services will inspect your home and find the best solution for your waterproofing needs in your Love County, OK home.

Protect your investment by contacting Pierman Foundation Repair Services for your foundation repair or basement waterproofing needs. We have the experience and products to repair your home and keep it safe for many years to come. Contact us today!