Foundation Repair Photo Album: Fixing Inadequate Wall Supports

Foundation walls endure a lot of stress from the forces involved in holding up the home. One such force is caused by the natural expansion of soil around the home and it pushes inward against the walls.   This inward pressure can cause cracking and damage to the foundation walls, as well as cause the walls to bow inward. To fix this problem, a different company installed metal pillars that stood straight against the curving wall. This method did not adequately solve the problem as he wall was still bowed and continued to crack and fail.    Rather than wait for the old supports to fail, the homeonwers turned to Woods Basement Systems to fix the problem properly. The foreman for the job installed wall anchors to permanently support the walls. Wall anchors work by burying an anchor plate outside in the compact soil that doesn't expand and attaching it to a plate on the inside of the wall. By tightening this connection, the wall is pulled in a supported position. If the right wall repairs are installed soon enough, these wall anchors can even pull the wall back into a straight position. The final step was to patch the cracks to make the wall whole again.   Now that the right repair is in place, the homeowner won't have to worry about paying to fix the problem again and again. That's because the wall anchor system is a permanent and reliable fix to bowing walls.