Bowing Basement Walls in Pennsylvania
Foundation Repair throughout Allentown, Harrisburg, Scranton, Bethlehem, Lancaster, and Altoona, PA
If a concrete block wall is exhibiting hairline stair cracks in the mortar that joins the blocks it is an indication that the hydraulic forces of soil and climate are already more than the wall can endure. The wall wants to bow but the concrete can't bend so the weakest points, the mortar joints tend to fail. In time, the wall will move.
Finishing such a wall would hide deterioration until it becomes a much more extensive problem, so the problem should be addressed before finishing. With advanced materials, it is possible to make the wall strong enough to resist displacement.
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THE REINFORCER is a patented revolutionary system developed by professional engineers available in Pennsylvania. A combination of space-age polymers and carbon fibers are processed to create a material that provides the perfect solution to cracking foundation walls.
The Reinforcer will withstand and resist outside soil pressure, as well as hydrostatic pressure produced by water buildup. It counteracts further outside pressure on the wall, taking the tension force (or tensile load) that the wall cannot support. If the pressure outside increases, The Reinforcer is bonded to foundation walls with structural epoxy and provides an equal and opposite force, making the wall stronger and preventing bowing, cracking, shifting, and expanding.
With a tensile strength eight to ten times stronger than steel but at only the thickness of a dime, The Reinforcer is an obvious choice to repair buckling, cracking or bowing concrete, cinder block, poured cement, brick and clay tile without space consuming and unsightly steel beams.
Installation Requires Expert Basement Wall Preparation
For this high tech material to bond properly it must have the right concrete surface texture, free of contamination by paint or dirt. We grind off the existing surfaces using special equipment that prepares the wall without even making a mess. Grinding dust residue is almost non-existent.