Photo Album: Cracking Garage Floor Causing Concern, Haverhill, MA

A homeowner in Haverhill, Massachusetts, had lived in their home since 1999 and over the last 10 years, they have noticed a crack in their garage get larger. They have debated if they were going to stay or sell their home, but they do think that repairing the garage was important. They decided to call EFS for a free inspection. Our Design Specialist John found that in addition to the crack, the back wall of the garage was bowing, so we recommended installing 4 Geolock at the rear of the garage to add support.  Our production team began by chipping out a wide trench in the garage so they could install the Geolocks. Once the team chipped out the concrete in the garage and dug down a couple of feet the team then moved to the rear of the garage to then send a galvanized rod through the rear wall and into the trench. The team spanned the rods across the rear foundation wall and ensured they were all pushed to the trench. Once in the trench, the team secured Geolock Plate to either side of the rod. Once secured the team used the threaded galvanized rod to pressurize the Geolocks by using the soil from beneath the garage slab. The team monitored the wall as they tightened it to make sure the wall was straight. After the team backfilled the trench and then poured concrete over the trench to match the concrete in the garage. After everything was tightened the team installed covers over the plates on the exterior of the home to hide the galvanized Geolock Plates.