Indications of Bowed/Leaning Foundation Walls include:

  • Doors and windows that stick or don’t open properly
  • Vertical and/or horizontal cracks in foundation walls
  • Cracks or buckling in basement ceilings
  • Twisting or movement of main support beams and/or support posts
  • Buckling, bulging, or leaning of interior walls that come in contact with perimeter support walls
 
 
Basement Wall Repair for bowing, leaning or bowed basement walls | Solving foundation problems in Wheeling WV & Pittsburgh PA

Over time, many basement walls begin to fail and bow and/or lean inward. Once this occurs the wall will not return to its original position on its own and action must be taken to stop wall movement. If not stopped, or properly reinforced, the foundation could collapse.

Engineered Foundation Solutions, PLLC offers a range of basement wall repair products to allow us to handle each situation independently ensuring the proper solution is achieved for each individual project.

THE REINFORCER® is a 4-inch wide carbon fiber
plate bonded with structural epoxy (ECS104) made
to stabilize basement foundation walls!

What makes The Reinforcer® the obvious choice?

  • Thin as a dime - only .045" thick
  • 10 times stronger than steel
  • Subtle appearance - virtually unnoticeable
  • Material is non-corrosive & non-flammable
  • Lifetime manufacturer warranty

How does THE REINFORCER® work?
When THE REINFORCER® is applied to basement foundation walls, it counteracts further outside pressure on the wall, taking the tension force (or tensile load) that the wall cannot. For every increase in pressure on the wall, THE REINFORCER® supplies an equal and opposite resistant force making the wall stronger. It helps eliminate expanding, shifting, cracking, and bowing basement walls.
 

Benefits of The Reinforcer

NO HEAVY EQUIPMENT
The Reinforcer® is a patented state-of-the-art system developed by professional engineers. A combination of space-age polymers and carbon fibers have been processed into a material that is virtually impossible to stretch. It is a perfect material to use on basement foundation walls to resist outside pressure.

NO MESSY CONCRETE
You no longer need invasive measures (such as breaking through concrete floors or making structural changes to floor joists) to stabilize foundation walls. THE REINFORCER® is simply applied directly to existing walls. You no longer have to worry about the look of boxy, ugly steel columns, which can intrude into your basement space.

NO INVASIVE MEASURES
THE REINFORCER® has a tensile strength that has proven to be eight to ten times stronger than steel AND works on concrete block or poured concrete to secure and stabilize cracking, bowing or buckling foundation walls.

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altWhy walls bow and eventually collapse. Typically, foundations are stressed when pressure is exerted on the outside from the foundation, causing the walls to crack and separate beyond their tensile capacity. If not stopped, or properly reinforced, foundations could collapse.
altThe Reinforcer? helps eliminate the damage. When The Reinforcer? is applied to foundations, it counteracts further outside pressure on the wall, taking the tension force or tensile load that the concrete or mortar joint cannot.
 
 

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Screw anchors can help prevent wall movement by holding the wall when soil swells and the resulting pressure pushes against the wall.

Retaining walls can be designed using screw anchors with a modest increase in cost. Proven and building code accepted, these anchors will keep retaining walls from moving.

Basement walls can be repaired using helical screw anchors. This is accomplished by drilling a small hole for the anchor rod to pass through the basement wall, and then excavating a hole outside to place the bearing plate. A small high torque motor then rotates the screw anchor system into the soil. Once depth and predetermined torque is achieved, the anchor is terminated and a plate is mounted inside the basement wall to hold the wall in place. If the wall needs to be moved, then sufficient soil must be removed to allow the wall to move.

The CHANCE Screw Anchor saves time, money and is a proven answer to wall retention.