Photo Album: Foundation failure in West Memphis, Arkansas

This home had significant settlement problems resulting in piers being installed around half of the perimeter of the home.

Piers being driven in to the ground

Danny Wilkins driving a pier in to the ground.

Crews working at a West Memphis home

Crew members worked on this home in need of significant structural repair for 2 days.

The backside of the property where piers are being installed

This home needed piers across 3/4 of the backside of the property, along one side, and on the corner of the front side. You can see the spcainng of the piers that was needed along the backside to achieve optimal results.

Stair step cracking in the brick exterior

A common sign of settlement issues, stair step cracking, was found in many places on the exterior of this West Memphis home.

Stair step cracking in brick exterior

A common sign of settlement issues.

Stair step cracking in brick exterior

Stair step cracking is a common sign of settlement issues. Seen here in this West Memphis, Arkansas home.

Exterior signs of settlement issues

This West Memphis, Arkansas, home had many exterior signs of settlement including what can be seen here at the bottom corner of the home.

Vertical cracking in brick

Along with stair step cracking, vertical cracaking is another common sign of settlement issues.

After photo: the gap in the window closed up significantly after lift was achieved.

All of the windows at this property had gaps along one or more side prior to lift.

After photo: the gap in the window closed up significantly after lift was achieved.

All of the windows at this property had gaps along one or more side prior to lift.

Crew members working through the stabilization process.

Danny Wilkins prepares to push steel and lift the house.

A view of the spacing between the piers at this home

The spacing will be different from home to home depending on the type and severity of settlement. Here we see the spacing for this particular home in West Memphis, Arkansas.