A customer with a 3 family rental property in keasby new jersey contacted meridian foundation repair and waterproofing to diagnose wall cracks and sloping floors in the basement of their home.
Basement wall repair.
Remove as much of the covering as possible so that you can look at the whole wall.
The first thing you need to do is tear down anything that covers your basement wall so that you can examine the problem.
An inspection was performed by bob peters revealing major step cracking on the left side and right rear side of the home.
You might also notice that your basement walls are bowed.
If the wall has moved more than 2 steel strips will need to be installed and anchored to the floor joists for as much as 15 000.
If the problem is too extensive for any of the above remedies you can install a footing drainage system around the exterior of your basement walls.
Bowed basement wall repair cost a wall that has bowed less than 2 can be repaired with carbon fiber strips applied to the wall using industrial strength epoxy for about 5 000.
Bowed wall support and relief of pressure with helical ties.
Crack repair with carbon fiber staples.
If your walls are made of concrete blocks or the cracks are more than inch 1 3 centimeters wide fill the cracks with epoxy mixed with sand.
There are 3 widely used methods for repairing basement walls depending on the cause and type of damage.