Crack runs from the wall near the front door to the porch pillar.

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This dry wall crack is above the support beam. The beam is stressed and causing cracking in the area above it.

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Settling foundation repair. The foundation here is settling or sinking. Piers will be set in the holes that are dug around the affected area. This series of piers will set this foundation on stable soil. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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This is an overview of the interior wall that corresponds to the exterior walls with the stair step cracking.

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The interior wall anchors are now installed and the insulation is reset. This is ready for either the drywall to be repaired and painted, if the wall is now straight. Or, if the wall needs to be adjusted over time, the snap on Hide-A-Way anchor covers are a neat and clean look for your basement living space. They have a sleek, low-profile design that fits right against the wall. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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The settling of this home is shown here with the brick wall stair step cracking. Pressure on this wall is causing the cracking here.

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Interior ceiling crack along the peak of this cathedral ceiling is due to part of the house being pulled downhill due to hillside creep. The hose will need to be stabilized or it will continue to pull apart in pieces.

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Here's a great shot of the bowing wall and the sublfoor. You can see how the wall has bulged inward and downward, causing gapping and loss of support for the subfloor above it. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

Here, you can see the form lumber, which will be filled with concrete to create the retaining wall also known as a sister wall. The sister wall is built to reinforce a foundation wall that is deteriorating. It shores up or retains the original wall. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

This horizontal wall cracking goes the whole length of this foundation wall. External pressure is forcing the wall to move inward. Bowing walls are easy to repair and the workmanship has a great warranty! Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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Interior dry wall cracking on this foundation wall as well as in the stairwell to the basement are significant indicators of settlement occuring. Need our expert team? For more information, contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at 303 243 3028 or go to www.peakstructural.com

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Deteriorating foundation walls need help. A sister wall does just that. Please note that once the forms were built, rebar is placed and then concrete poured. Once the concrete is set or cured, the forms are removed. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

The pressure of the weight of this structure and everything and everyone in it is putting pressure on this post.

Think in terms of a person wearing shoes and the pressure of their weight on the surface beneath them. A 200 lb. man exerts 20 psi (pound per square inch) because the weight is supported momentarily by the heel. A 100 lb. woman exerts many more psi when she wears heels. Depending on the area of the heel, she can exert as much as 1600 psi under a 'stiletto heel' ¼ inch on a side. Support posts are much like stilettos.

This post is bending and twisting under the pressure. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

This vertical crack goes the whole length of this area where the garage and house meet. Settling or sinking foundations are easy to repair and the workmanship has a great warranty! Look familiar? Does your home need foundation repair? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/Like us at www.facebook.com/peakstructural or connect with us on twitter: #PeakStructural

Cracking and movement of the exterior wall. The close up of the back wall shows the affect of all the pressure.

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Cracks around exterior doors and/or windows can occur because that is the weaker point in the exterior wall. The adjacent wall is settling and causing this cracking. If this looks familiar, or for more information, contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at 303 243 3028 or go to www.peakstructural.com

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Ceiling crack runs all across the family room ceiling to the opposite wall.

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These are the holes dug on the exterior of the foundation that were strategically placed to stabilize the vertical movement of this foundation wall in Centennial, CO. Vertical movement. also know as bowing, bulging or tipping walls has tell tale signs on the inside of the foundation wall. The foundation wall will have horizontal or diagonal cracks and may look like it is pushing or bulging in. Bowing walls are easy to repair and the workmanship has a great warranty! Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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Horizontal cracks in the foundation wall are signs of bulging or bowing. The walls are literally moving and being pushed in. In this case it is along this crack that the greatest force is present. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028, or www.peakstructural.com/

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Vertical Movement is caused by our expansive soils. Brick exteriors tend to crack in this typical style that is call stair step.

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Interior cracking also suggests that the foundation should be checked. Peak offers a free evaluation & work with you to realize your goals. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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Vertical cracks such as this one where the garage meets the house, indicate our Bentonite and other expansive soils are very active. Check this out for more information regarding our Denver area expansive soils: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/expa...

The horizontal crack in this wall indicates pressure from the outside of this wall pressing in.

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Interior ceiling crack indicates the stress this home is experiencing due to the soil movement.

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These walls are deteriorating and bowing in. Many of the older homes in our Denver area have similar syle foundations composed of rock or brick with mortar. Over time settling and exterior pressure on the foundation walls results in movement of the bricks or stones. Additionally, over time the mortar needs maintenance or it will also crack & crumble. Look at your foundation, if the mortar is crumbling or the brick or stones are loose, call us. We can tell you if you need tuck pointing which according to TrowelTrades.com: is an effective way of decreasing water entry into masonry.(http://www.troweltrades.com/tuckpointing_brick/)or if you also have foundation settling or, as in this case, horizontal pressure bowing the walls in.

Being 6' tall, this cold storage room is not technically basement height. The homeowners have taken care to insulate and restore so much of the cold room that our work was so easy! We simply had to clear away a little debris and build a support or sister wall. If this looks familiar, call us and we can come out and perform a free evaluation. Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

Wall Anchors are:

The best solution to straighten a bowing, leaning, bulging wall.

Can be installed in tight spaces and around obstacles.

Quick installation with minimal disturbance inside and out.

Recommended by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as the most effective and most affordable method of saving bowing foundation walls.

Permanent solution that restores property values.

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Home Repair here is limited to the front porch. In most instances porch foundations do not have the same foundation as the house. That is why, often, they can appear to be falling away from the house or sinking. They are! Why? Because the porch foundation is not as deep and more susceptible to our Fort Collins expansive soils. Check out this regarding our expansive soils. www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/colo...

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This is the interior wall plate of the wall anchor system. The wall anchor system will stabilize the horizontal wall movement. A Wall Anchor System is recommended by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as the most effective and most affordable method of saving bowing foundation walls. Check this out for more information about bowing and buckling Foundation Walls and Wall Anchor Repair: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/bowed-walls/wall-anchors.html

This is the earth anchor part of the wall anchor system that is buried into solid, stable soil. A threaded steel rod connects it to the wall anchor on the interior. The Geo-Lock earth anchor is sized to perform in our type of soils and has a bearing surface of up to 480 square inches. That can be up to 10 times more contact with the soil which maximizes its holding power. Photo taken by:

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Here's a shot of the concrete wrap-around patio that a homeowner said was just falling off the house. The Peak Structural Design team came out and measured that it had settled approximately 4 7/8" away from the house! Please note the downspouts in the photo. Rain gutters and downspouts are a great way to control roof runoff. However, the rain or melting snow needs to be carried far enough away from the house so it does not affect the foundation or footing. Our last house had downspouts that were trenched into the ground right next to our driveway. What was the result of years of that underground water drainage? Our concrete driveway was beginning to sink! Apparently, the builder did not pipe that water drainage to the end of the driveway, so over time the water found its way under the driveway. Water flow over time will compromise a foundation, footing, or, as in our case, a driveway. Be sure to direct the flow of water far enough away to discourage its affects. How far is that? According to State Farm Insurance, learningcenter.statefarm.com/residence/maintenance/wet-ba..., downspouts should extend a minimum of 10 feet from your home. There are other alternatives to having ten feet of downspout extensions such as those that unroll automatically during use (if they go out that far) to having the downspout feed underground to a French drain. Does that sound expensive? Not nearly as expensive as repairing an undermined foundation, footer or driveway! Ask me about it!

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Here in Wheat Ridge, Colorado and pretty much the whole Front Range, our expansive soils react to rains and snow melt causing pressure on our home's foundation. Peak can fix that! Check this out for more information on our expansive soils: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/expa...

Diagonal Cracking meets toward the bottom of the basement wall. This wall has horizontal pressure from the outside that is causing the cracking and movement.

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As you can see here, the crack is very wide, which means that the wall is bulging inches out of plumb. This shot was taken by our photographer placing his cheek against the wall at one end and taking the picture. You can definitely see the bowing clearly. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

Denver's expansive soils can cause settling which is what happened here. Also, heaving and bowing can result. Beneath this landscaping and this foundation the soil is active. We, as homeowners, can take several measures to be sure we do not actually promote expansive soil activity! Check out this for more information: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/videos.html?video...

A sister wall is a poured concrete wall built on the interior of a foundation to reinforce a weaker foundation. These sister walls are installed parallel to the existing wall, creating a sandwich of of the new interior poured wall and the exterior soil providing support for the old foundation. Need a better picture? Visualize a S'Mores treat. That's right, two graham crackers, a block of chocolate and a marshmallow. A S'Mores is a lot like a proper application of a sister wall. The first graham cracker is the soil on the outside of the foundation. The gooey insides are the existing, unstable wall. The second graham cracker is the sister wall. By placing stiffer, more rigid graham crackers around the gooey insides of a S'Mores, you create a stable sandwich--exactly like the combination of solid exterior soil and a sister wall to an aging stone or brick foundation wall.

Voila! That's the proper application of a sister wall. S'Mores, anyone? Want to know more? Contact Peak Structural at www.peakstructural.com or call us at 303-243-3028

Winter foundation repairs can be less expensive because the work is done on the inside. Our expert team at Peak Structural can repair your foundation in any season! Need our expert team? For more information, contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at 303 243 3028 or go to www.peakstructural.com

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The gap between the baseboard and the floor reveal sinking in this corner. This is the inside wall of the previous photo. Need our expert team? For more information, contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at 303 243 3028 or go to www.peakstructural.com

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The wall crack on this exterior brick wall follows what is known as a stair step crack. It is close to the corner of this wall. This is a good sign that there is movement and/ or settlement.

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This is the earth anchor part of the system that is buried into solid soil. A threaded steel rod connects it to the wall anchor on the interior. The Geo-Lock earth anchor is sized to perform in our type of soils and has a bearing surface of up to 480 square inches. That can be up to 10 times more contact with the soil which maximizes its holding power. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at: 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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The corner of this Denver house is settling. Notice the separation by the back door frame and the brick movement above that area in the photo. Check this out for more exterior cracks that indicate sinking: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-2442-signs-o...

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The problem here is a moving foundation that is causing the cracking in the brick. Cosmetic repairs or caulking or epoxy does not address the cause of the cracking in this case. See the cracks have reappeared.

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Drywall cracking can indicate that your home is experiencing some movement, especially if you live in our Denver area or nearby. Check this out for signs of settling: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-2478-signs-o...

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This wood beam took up much more space in the room, so we replaced it with a thin, strong Powerbrace. Look familiar? contact Peak Structural today for a free estimate at 303-243-3028 or

Small crack on one wall and a longer diagonal crack on the exterior wall of this bedroom depict movement or settling of the foundation of this home.

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Close up view of the dry wall cracking in the stair well. Not only is it cracking; but, the dry wall is coming apart in this area. Unfortunately, a cosmetic repair will not stop the movement or hide what is ongoing here. There is settling that will continue to affect this area. The reason why is our expansive soils. For more information on our expansive soils: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/expa...

This Steel pier is hydraulically driven past the active soil all the way down to bedrock or stable soil. This is a permanent solution as the weight of the home is now transferred through the pier to the stable soil. Check this out to find out more about piers and how they are installed: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/foun...

Cracking may be a sign of foundation problems. In this case, these cracks are combined and caused by the settlement of the foundation. However, concrete garage floor cracks may not be of a structural concern as these are. They should still be looked at as they can indicate other problems with the garage floor itself. If this looks familiar and you have concerns, Peak offers free evaluations. Just contact us for your free evaluation at: Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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This pier along with all the piers installed at this house are being positioned to support the weight of the foundation and stabilize the house from further movement. Most of the time the house foundation can be lifted back to its normal position.

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