Jeff Charter
Foundation Supportworks of Idaho
Title: Manager - System Design
Hometown: Healdus Burg, California
Originally from Healdus Burg, California, Jeff now resides in Idaho where he enjoys the outdoors, and fishing with family & friends whenever he has the opportunity.
With having Remodeled several houses, Jeff is very knowledgeable and one of our go-to guys. He enjoys diagnosing & designing solutions to repair homes.
Since joining Foundation Supportworks, he has continuing additional training in designing solutions for our customer’s foundation repair, waterproofing and crawl space repair needs.
“The favorite part of my day is meeting with homeowners to offer solutions to their problems, while helping clients achieve peace of mind with their home. = Jeff
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Boise, ID"Recommended by Mister Mudd after the work they did on my patio and front walkway"
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Before
AfterSettling Garage in Grace, ID
sold Helical piers because a portion of his garage was settling
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AfterWater in Basement in Iona, ID
Mr. Buckley was having water problems in his basement and water was coming down the walls.
We installed WaterGuard, SuperSump, CleanSpace Wall System
CleanSpace wall system keeps the water running down the was going into our drainage system and then the homeowners can put drywall back up over the affected wall.
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AfterWater in Basement in Iona, ID
Mr. Buckley was having water problems in his basement and water was coming down the walls.
We installed WaterGuard, SuperSump, CleanSpace Wall System
CleanSpace wall system keeps the water running down the was going into our drainage system and then the homeowners can put drywall back up over the affected wall.
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Before
AfterBasement having water issues? in Iona, ID
Mr. Buckley was having water problems in his basement and water was coming down the walls.
We installed WaterGuard, SuperSump, CleanSpace Wall System
CleanSpace wall system keeps the water running down the was going into our drainage system and then the homeowners can put drywall back up over the affected wall.
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Before
AfterCracks along the driveway?
Protect Your Concrete from Soil Erosion with Nexus Pro®NexusPro® is a silicone-based sealant for joints and cracks specially engineered to provide long-lasting flexibility and to stand up to harsh weather conditions. Unlike traditional polyurethane sealants, NexusPro resists UV rays, which means it won't crack, bubble or dry. It fits into homeowners' busy lifestyles, too - drying time is a fraction of that needed for other urethane-based caulking products.
Why you need it.
The soil under your concrete driveway, sidewalk, stoop, patio, pool deck, or garage slab can soften or erode as surface water runs through open cracks and joints. Weak soils and voids allow concrete to shift and settle, resulting in cracked, uneven surfaces.
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Before
AfterCracked Front Porch
Our clients called with concerns about a settled front porch that was beginning to crack and separate from the rest of the home. Our team was able to come up with a plan that involved using a helical pier to restabilize the porch & our NexusPro sealant to conceal the cracking.
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AfterSuperSump Before and During in Heyburn, ID
Almost any kind of water problems in your basement or crawlspace can be solved with a SuperSump. In this customers basement we installed a SuperSump with an exterior discharge line to kick any water that may be in the basement out 20ft from the home.
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AfterPier Installation
Pictured, is a home that had settled so we needed to install our piers. This is a "before and after" of the hole that is excavated for our piers to be placed and then a photo of the pier once it is set before we backfill the holes.
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AfterSumpPump installed wrong in Hagerman, ID
A job we did for Mr. Jackson,
The contractor that built his house ( a little over 3 years ago) had installed an illegal sump pump. About three months after they moved in Mr. Jackson noticed water in his crawl space. He dug a hole just big enough for a 5-gallon bucket, put the sump pump back in, and ran a hose from the pump. He did this to help pump the water out. But Didn't know that what he did was illegal.
We came and set his sump-pump up the right way.
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Before
AfterConcrete Walkway Repair in Cascade,ID
The concrete walkway was separated and settling from the house. This was causing water
to get into the home's basement. We were able to lift the slab using our
Push Slab Piers system. After we lifted the slab we installed waterguard and a sump pump in the basement. This was done to prevent any future water issues in the basement. -
Before
AfterDoes your home need support? PushPiers install in Mullan, ID
Sold 4 pushpiers, Because the walls of this home had major settling! After we installed the push peris the walls of the garage were brought back in almost 4 1/2 inches.
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AfterWall Resoration
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Before
AfterNeed a new window that won't leak?
Installed a new window well and downspout extensions to prevent the water from getting into the basement
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Before
AfterStill having water concerns?
Still, having water concerns after we installed a water system? Sometimes that happens and we have an easy fix to help.
We can install some lateral lines in the floor to get the water to the sump pump.
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Before
After90-year-old Leaky Basement Restored
The concrete block walls of this 90-year-old basement had been leaking for years. We used our CleanSpace liner to direct the water towards a WaterGuard drainage trench before our SuperSump pump finally led water away from the home.
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Before
AfterReplacing an old Egress Window in Boise, ID
A client contacted us to get an egress window in their basement bedroom. They needed to replace their small basement window with an up to code egress window.
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Before
AfterSealing Cracks in Boise, ID
Preventative by sealing exterior cracks with nexuspro and lawnscape extensions to the bottom of downspouts
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Before
AfterCrack through footer
A home inspection left our client worried that a crack in the foundation was serious. The specialist confirmed that the crack went all the way through the footing and recommended that it be repaired immediately.
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Before
AfterCracks in a garage Foundation in Eagle, ID
A homeowner in Eagle noticed he had two cracks in his garage foundation. The cracks went all the way through the garage and into the stucco.
We installed four Helical Piers around the garage to lift and stabilize it. We also installed Landscape wells to move water away from the structure and have it go down towards the rain gutters.
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AfterWhy Pick Us? Flooding in the crawlspace?
This homeowner went about calling a different company who installed what they call a sump pump. But to their surprise, they continuously still had flooding in their crawlspace.
So we replaced the competitor's system out with ours to Really keep the water out this time!
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Before
AfterCracks in your foundation?
The corner of this customer's house was settling. We attempted to install PushPiers, But realize the structure was too light. So we installed HelicalPiers.
A helical pier is a steel shaft with round helixplates that provides a foundation support for various types of structures. ... Ram Jack deep-driven steel helical piers are 2-3/8″ or 2-7/8″ diameter sectional pipe piles. They are hydraulically rotated into the ground to bear on rock or a solid soil stratum.
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AfterBefore and after DryTrak
Before and after of a basment that continued to let water in. Foundation Supportworks of Idaho installed DryTrak to ensure that the water will not continue to enter.
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Before
Afterquotes for Cleanspace in Coolin, ID
Crawl Space insulation is deteriorating and needs cleaning
Quoted for CleanSpace and SilverGlo
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Before
AfterCrack repair in Wilder, ID
Sold and installed Flexispan and Nexuspro crack repair
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Before
AfterBig Cracks in Homedale, ID
They called because they had a big crack down their wall. We installed SmartJacks, PowerBrace, Supplemental Beam
