Abstract: A foundation having a wall is stabilized by attaching a bracket to the wall, coupling a jacking apparatus to the bracket, inserting pier sections into the jacking apparatus and driving them with that apparatus, one after the other, through the bracket and into the soil which underlies the foundation, and coupling the pier so formed to the bracket so as to support the foundation through the pier. The bracket has a plate which fits against the wall and is attached to it with bolts and a sleeve which is attached firmly to the plate intermediate the ends of the plate. The pier passes through the sleeve and is connected to the sleeve, once it encounters adequate resistance, so as to support the foundation.

Abstract: A concrete slab which has settled is stabilized and may even be lifted by forcing a pier through the slab and into the underlying soil and then attaching the pier at its upper end to the slab. To this end a vertical hole is drilled through the slab as is a smaller oblique hole, with the latter intersecting and passing through the former. Then a jacking unit is attached to the upper surface of the slab around the vertical hole. The jacking unit forces a succession pier sections through the vertical hole and into the underlying soil, with these sections being fitted together end-to-end to form a pier. In time significant resistance is encountered, and at this point, while the jacking unit exerts a downwardly directed force on the pier and an upwardly directed counterforce on the slab, a hole is drilled through the portion of the pier that is within the slab, this being done by using the oblique hole in the slab as a guide for the drill bit.