2015 - RICKY'S BASEMENT
BEFORE

"When we purchased our house, the basement needed some work. The previous owner paid to have it waterproofed and have the back wall fixed (it was pushed in a little). Everything was fine until the flood last year. Now the back wall is pushing in again. This will be fixed today."  ---Ricky ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Laundry Room	Work done when we moved in.
Notice how the bricks don't line up?	Notice how the bricks don't line up?
New crack in wall	New crack in wall

AFTER

"Here is a follow up from yesterday on my basement. The 'solution' was to add 5 metal braces to the back wall of my basement. First they dug five holes in my backyard about 10 feet away from the back of the house. Then they placed a metal plate in each hole. Then they drilled small holes through my basement wall and put a metal rod through the hole which went all the way to the metal plate. Then they put a matching metal plate on the end of the rod in the basement, and bolted the two plates to the rod. The 10 feet of dirt between the two plates is supposed to keep my basement wall from moving any more. Over the next year, I am supposed to tighten the nut on the rod every 3 months to make sure the wall doesn't move any more. Pictures are of the 5 holes they dug and the five plates now attached to my basement wall."   note: high today  6 degrees ________________________________________________________________________________________________________