Foundation Repair & Radon Mitigation Specialists in Derry, NH

This homeowner in Derry, New Hampshire has lived in their home for 49 years. In the past 2-3 years they started to notice some cracking in the detached garage floor along with some sinking in some areas. Over the past couple of years, as they watched the cracks get bigger and bigger, they couldn't help but worry about a potential collapse of their garage. They decided to call EFS for a free inspection. 

Design Specialist Michael LaMalfa inspected the interior and exterior of the garage to understand what is causing the garage floor to crack. Michael found that the back of the garage is getting pushed out causing a crack in the foundation. Michael recommended installing Geolocks to pull that back wall in.

Crew Lead Chris Tremblay and his team installed 4 Geolock to the back of the detached garage. The team was able to stabilize the wall and give the homeowners peace of mind. 

This duplex owner in Derry, New Hampshire recently have one of her tenants inform her of some cracks in the basement. The cracks are lining the perimeter of the wall and seem significant. She decided to call EFS for a free inspection. 

Design Specialist Chris Greenwood did a full interior and exterior inspection of the home. During his inspection, Chris had found some more cracking on the exterior of the foundation. Chris found the root cause of the cracks in the foundation is because the home is sinking on one side. For a foundation to start sinking it could be that there is poor water drainage, poor soil under the home, and some other root causes. Chris advised the homeowner that installing Push Piers to the home will stop the home from sinking. The homeowner agreed.

Crew Lead Scott Crandall and his team arrived at the home and installed 10 Push Pier to the foundation. 

This homeowner in Derry, New Hampshire was experiencing some sagging in their floors. The main beam in their basement is sagging. They decided to call EFS for a free inspection.

Design Specialist Jason Vachon arrived at the home and inspected the basement. He recommended that they have SmartJacks installed under their main support beam. 

Crew Lead Ed Nadreau and his team arrived at the home and installed 4 SmartJacks under the main support beam. 

Louis F. of Derry, New Hampshire was experiencing water entering the basement and ruining items in storage.  Louis has been living in this home for the past 3 years and has only noticed this problem for the past couple of months. Louis wants to have a dry basement so they don't damage any more personal items. Louis decided to call Erickson Foundation Solutions for a free inspection.

Design Specialist Paul Magowan arrived at the home and inspected the basement. After a thorough inspection, he found that there is an 8 foot crack in the foundation wall. The crack is located under the front steps. Paul recommended that Louis have EFS install 8' of crack seal and a Super Sump system into the basement. 

Crew Lead Branden Edward and Installation Specialist Kyle DeChane arrived at the home and began by sealing the crack in the foundation wall. After the crack was sealed they installed a Super Sump Pump to replace an older and smaller sump pump. This new Super Sump will be able to remove water much faster than the old one.

Jennifer C. of Derry, New Hampshire had previously been a customer of Erickson Foundation Solutions in 2018. Previously, she had water entering her basement from the back of the home. She had a Fast Drain System and 2 sump pumps installed in her basement. Currently, she has water entering her basement from the front of her home and would like to have that repaired. Like she did in 2018, she reached out to Erickson Foundation Solution for a free inspection. 

Design Specialist Jason Vachon arrived at Jennifer's home and inspected her basement for cracks. Jason found two cracks in the foundation that are right behind where the front stoop is. Jason recommended to Jennifer that it would be a good idea to have the EFS crew install Sentry Seal around the front of her foundation so that no more water can enter the basement. 

Crew Lead Brandon Edwards and Installation Specialist Kyle DeChane and Brian Somers came to the home and installed Sentry Seal. The team had to dig and expose the foundation. Once the foundation is exposed, they attached the Sentry Seal to the foundation wall. The Sentry Seal will not allow any water to enter the basement. 

Ian W. of Derry, New Hampshire just recently bought his home. In his pre-purchase inspection, the home inspector pointed out that the fieldstone wall was beginning to crumble. The inspector highly recommended Erickson Foundation Solutions to look at the foundation. Ian called Erickson Foundation Solutions about a free estimate. 

Design Specialist Jason Vachon arrived at the house and inspected the basement and confirmed what the inspector saw in the pre-purchase inspection. Jason proposed installing an auxiliary wall over the crumbling fieldstone. 

Crew Lead Nick Carelli and his team came to the home and installed the auxiliary wall into the basement.

This homeowner in Derry, New Hampshire lives on Beaver Lake and has been experiencing unlevel floors and the corner of their porch is sinking. Design Specialist Royce Potts came to the home and walked through the home and the basement to better understand what conditions the house was in. He suggested that they install SmartJacks in the crawlspace of the home to add support and lift it some. 

Crew Lead Scott Crandall and his team came to the home and installed the SmartJacks into the crawlspace. Using the SmartJacks gave the home some interior support and some lift. The homeowners were very happy with the results of the project.

This customer was having a sunroom installed on top of their existing deck. The deck was not built for supporting a structure above, and so additional supports were needed below. There was only about 3.5 feet of space beneath the deck, and so getting underneath to dig and pour new concrete piers would not be an easy task.

EZ Posts were an ideal solution, as the existing deck floor was going to be completely covered by the sunroom. This allowed our Erickson Foundation Supportworks crew to cut small holes into the surface of the deck. Through these holes we were able to install EZ posts with our Bobcat using pier extensions.

A project which would have taken 2-3 crew members one or more days to complete was finished within 4 hours. The EZ Posts were installed at depths ranging from 7 to 9 feet. We removed some concrete pillars in order to install two of our EZ Posts, these concrete pillars being only two feet deep. It was a good decision to replace them!

This homeowner in Derry, NH contacted us as she noticed a large crack in her garage wall near a corner. Upon inspection, our design specialist observed there were few signs of settling within the house aside from windows being slightly stuck. However, on the outside of the garage, there were significant signs of sinking which would then lead to extensive damage within the home. 

The solution; push piers to raise the sinking corner 3-4 inches and prevent the foundation from sinking any further. 

We excavated the outside of the garage down to the footing of the foundation. We found the general contractor who built the home placed the footings and foundation directly on stumps and trees, which of course is a big mistake. As the trees decomposed, the ground began to sink and took the foundation with it. 

Our push piers were securely fastened to the bottom of the footings on the foundation and driven down 10-12 feet, beneath the sinking soil and into the bedrock below. This will prevent the home from sinking any further. We also slightly lifted the footing up to the bottom of the foundation to reconnect them, however chose to not lift the house too much as there was little damage within the house. Lifting the house too much could possibly have cracked the drywall.

Problem solved and customer satisfied.