Foundation Repair Photo Album: Stabilizing Bowing Walls in Battle Creek

Our customer called with an eight foot crack in one of his basement walls, and multiple walls that were leaning. A lot. The severity of the bowing in the walls meant that we needed to amp up the reinforcement. In addition to PowerBraces on the less severe walls, we used Wall Anchors in the worst spots. Wall Anchors are attached to the wall and then anchored outside in virgin soil to add strength to the straightening capabilities. Both PowerBraces and Wall Anchors can be tightened over time, which will hopefully allow us to straighten the walls.

Bowing Wall in Basement

By using a level and tape measure, we can see exactly how much a wall is bowing or leaning. In this case, it's over an inch, which isn't great (no amount of bowing is good) but doesn't compromise the structural integrity of the house. Yet.

Severely Bowed Wall Needs Action

Meanwhile, this wall is closer to three inches bowed, which means the top of the wall is leaning in three inches compared to the bottom. This needs to be addressed quickly, before a leaning wall becomes a pile of blocks on the ground.

Huge Wall Crack in Basement

This crack ran the span of the wall and is more of a cavern than a crack. You can see the remnants of a DIY fix attempt, but thankfully they knew they needed to call a professional.

Leaning Wall in Battle Creek Basement

Even from a distance you can see how badly this wall is leaning. Not good.

Bowed Wall Could Mean Future Trouble

This wall shows more signs of attempts at repair, but simply resealing cracks won't do the job - the soil will keep pushing and the wall will keep bowing.

Geo Lock Wall Anchors Stabilize Severely Bowed Wall

By installing the wall anchors and anchoring them into the soil, we can provide more stability to the structure as we tighten it in the hopes of straightening the wall. Even if it's never perfectly straight, the system prevents further leaning.

Wall Anchor Secured in Soil

We secure the wall anchors in soil outside to prevent further leaning.

Installing the Wall Anchors Outside

Our guys are never afraid to get dirty, which is hard to avoid when you're literally laying in a dirt trench to secure wall anchors.

Quality Guaranteed

If you have questions about your installation, our number is right on the wall anchor and we're only a call away.

Wall Anchors Stabilize Bowing Wall

Here are the anchors in the process of installation - these can be tightened over time with a kit we include, and that can hopefully lead to straightening the walls.