Photo Album: Wall support in Georgetown, ON

Eric has a house in Georgetown, On and noticed some horizontal cracking on his block foundation wall. This cold only mean one thing. His wall has started to bow from outside pressures in the soil. It could possibly from frost against the wall. Eric contacted Omni Basement Systems to look at it. Omni recommended the Carbon Armor system. Carbon Armor system i a combination of a 7" wide strips of Carbon Fiber adhered to the wall, A carbon fiber strap attached to the rim joist and filling the first few rows of block with fiber glass infused grout. This system will prevent the wall from moving anymore.

CArbon Armor system installed

The last step is to roll on the the carbon strip and add epoxy to it. This will never come off the wall.

Wall is ground clean and the blocks are filled

The first step is to grind the wall so that it clean concrete free of paint and other contaminates to make sure that the epoxy will adhere.

Armor lock rim joist strap

To connect the wall to the rim joist for more stability, a carbon Fiber strap is attached to the Rim joist via a buckle type connection (not shown)

Rim Joist strap attached to the carbon armor stap

The Rim joist strap (Carbon Lock) is adhered to the wall and the Carbon Armor 7" wide strap is adhered over top. This is a way to ensure that the everything is locked in place and won't come off.