A block foundation in Port Byron, Illinois had movement along its north wall and mortar joints so deteriorated that daylight showed through. Behncke Construction installed three heavy-duty steel braces with gussets, tuckpointed about 13 feet of interior wall, repaired exterior joints, and sealed a crack at the northeast corner.
Behncke Construction stabilized three basement walls in Moline, Illinois with twelve heavy structural steel I-beams, each installed for continuous contact with the block wall, and tuckpointed deteriorated and open mortar joints inside and out.
Poor exterior drainage was letting water reach a Moline foundation. Behncke Construction sealed the foundation from the exterior, repaired a damaged section, tuckpointed deteriorated masonry, blocked in an unused window, installed new window wells, regraded with topsoil, and replaced the deteriorated sidewalks with new concrete.
Water was getting in at the foundation, but this home did not need an interior drain tile system. Behncke Construction sealed the exterior foundation crack and installed 52 feet of lawn drainage to carry water away from the house and discharge it toward the creek.
Behncke Construction stabilized a failing foundation wall in Davenport with four steel I-beam braces set in continuous mortar, then tuckpointed and sealed the damaged mortar joints. The wall was stabilized in place rather than forced back.
Water was coming into a Davenport basement through one specific foundation crack. Instead of replacing a drain tile system that still worked, Behncke Construction excavated and sealed the crack from the exterior, repaired the waterproofing at that section, and tied a drainage path into the existing drain tile.
A substantial Davenport project: roughly 100 linear feet of basement waterproofing with a new sump pit and drainage system, plus structural work including new 6×6 support posts, new concrete footings, and temporary support of the main girder beam and stairwell during repairs. Block mortar joints, weep-hole water intrusion, and foundation cracks were repaired inside and out.
A vehicle struck this Rock Island, Illinois home and damaged roughly 22 feet of foundation wall. Behncke Construction rebuilt the damaged east and south wall sections with reinforced masonry and bond beam block on a structural engineer’s recommendation.
Two older basement windows replaced with 32-by-14-inch Duo-Corp double-sliding Low-E units in Davenport, Iowa, plus an exterior foundation crack repair carried out beneath one of the openings during the same visit.
A foundation crack repaired from both directions at a home just west of Moline, Illinois — excavated and sealed from the outside, then repaired again on the interior face of the wall.