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Bowed Concrete/Cinder Block Wall Stabilization Repair

Sep 05, 2018

Rhino Carbon Fiber Straps Epoxied to Wall!

A basement with a lot of concrete walls and a ladder.

This 45' Concrete Block Wall was bowed in about 1.5" between the 2nd full row & the 3rd. The grey line you see running horizontally is high compression hydraulic cement used to fill the long horizontal crack. The Rhino Carbon Fiber Straps are anchored at the top to the sill & at the bottom into the slab right next to the wall.

The paint has to be removed so the epoxy adheres to the concrete block. In the center of the picture you can see an 8' strap spanning 3 vertical straps. The middle location there had some sill and joist rot. Outside is a front stoop, and water has been coming in there for a long time. I didn't want to block or hide the rot, and I wanted someone to be able to repair that section of sill after I left. The horizontal strap transfers the load at that point over to the attached vertical straps on each end of it.

The observant may notice the oil tank is pulled away from the wall so I could work!

This treatment comes with a Lifetime Guarantee from Rueter Foundation Repair, accompanied by a lifetime warranty on the materials from Rhino Carbon Fiber.

Contact Bob to schedule a visit for your bowed block wall. I'm doing two more of these walls at one house Thursday & Friday!

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