French Drains? Mai Oui!

French drains are sensible in some cases in working with exterior yard drainage issues around the St. Louis area.  French drains however, have a limited life span. They are filtered by gravel that surrounds the French drain.

Mud and sediment can accumulate in the gravel and then begin to clog the French drain. Once blocked, water accumulates and the hydrostatic pressure will find it's way into your house if there isn't a backup plan.

Water can build up in the masonry in your St. Louis area home and dissolve elements like calcium, lime and other minerals out of your cement, weakening the concrete.

When blocked, French drains no longer drain properly, water seeps up through splits and the seams in the flooring. Pools of water could form at the low points of the floor.  Water that builds up around the foundation because of French Drain failure creates pressure on basement walls, which can crack or buckle.

When A French Drain Is A Good Solution:
-A house with a low crawl space that's having water issues
-Sometimes outside landscaping is causing major water problems because of neighbor's yards all draining that way
-Water coming over the top of a foundation wall
-Water causing problems in the garage or patio

We install French drains where they make sense. We could possibly suggest a French drain and interior waterproofing system also to make certain you keep your basement dry all the time and also to remedy erosion issues from surface water. If a great deal of water is a problem outside, it could be coming over the top of the foundation.

We're able to help assist you in determining what is the right solution for your situation.  Give Ram Jack of St. Louis a call today.

Seawall Repair By Ram Jack of St. Louis

Typical difficulties with seawalls or retaining walls at Lake St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks are they:

Pull away towards the top
Bow at the center
Kick out at the bottom.

Many of these issues are a result of construction practices (insufficient reinforcement) or not built deep enough into the soil.  Bad Missouri dirt also plays a part exerting strain against seawalls forcing them outward.

Marina managers and property owners at Missouri lakefronts could only replace the seawall prior to now.  At Lake Saint Louis or Lake of the Ozarks, patented anchoring systems for seawalls by Ram Jack are the inexpensive solution for seawall repair preventing the high cost of seawall replacement.
Utilizing the same technology used to anchor basement walls and commercial structures, the seawall anchor is installed past the inferior soil into good bearing layers of soil and rock to lock your seawall in place.  The system in enviromentally friendly and may be used in confined locations.

Ram Jack of St. Louis Seawall Solutions provides a patent pending method of repair for concrete, steel, wood and vinyl seawalls.

The system returns leaning seawalls to their original position.  The Ram Jack Seawall Solutions can permanently support these seawalls.

If you have a seawall problem at Lake of the Ozarks, Lake St. Louis, or any other lakefront in Missouri, call Ram Jack of St. Louis right now for a free estimate.  Retain the value of your lake property and go back to making the most of your time at the lake.

Foundation Repair Solutions In St. Louis

Our trademarked steel piering or piling systems are put in to depths well beneath the problem St. Louis area earth that cause in foundation settlement. In fact, our resistance piers will reach all the way to bedrock or appropriate load bearing stratum before installation is complete.

These steel piers are rigid columns of high strength steel that are attached to your foundation's footing using heavy duty steel foundation brackets to create the new permanent support for the structure.
The steel piers are hydraulically pushed to stable bedrock or load bearing strata and the weight of the structure transferred to the steel brackets coupled to the foundation. This attachment is below the ground so absolutely nothing is exposed whenever the process is done.

Each pier is load tested with a safety factor calculated to ensure a reliable permanent solution. The installation is fast and can be installed in limited areas. The structure is properly restored by lifting in unison on each pier or sections of piers.

On the majority of St. Louis area foundation stabilization projects, windows and doors that used to cling will turned out to be functional, and cracks and other blemishes can be permanently repaired without concern for them reappearing.

Our exclusive pier solutions provide the strength and stability that could only be found in the best American steel. Keep the value of your structure by eliminating your foundation failure issues for good.

We Provide Several Foundation Repair Possibilities For:
•   Below-slab vertical piers
•   Porch piers
•   Pre-construction piers
•   Center beam piers
•   Low profile piers

Pier Driving Head

The Ram Jack driving head delivers rapid power to long sections of piling for faster installation and a stronger pile.

Hydraulic Rams

The Ram Jack system integrate dual rams that drive deeper into permanent strata.

Pier Guide Sleeve

Variable-length guide sleeves, that are chosen by engineers, are built to stiffen the piling in less-compacted surface layers.

Quality American Steel Pier / Pile Product

Steel driven, powder-coated piers offer a long term solution to your foundation support concerns.

So the next time you need to fix your foundation, call Ram Jack today!