Photo Album: Stabilizing a bowing wall in Fonthill, ON

Ana has a bowing wall in her Welland home home. It is not severe yet and can use some stability. Omni Basement Systems recommend their Carbon Armor system to stabilize the bowing wall. Carbon Armor is 7" wide strips of Carbon Fiber that is epoxied to the concrete wall. Then another strip is anchored tot he floor joist to prevent the newly stabilized wall from tipping inward.

Bowing wall

After the Team removed the finished wall, they noticed some horizontal cracking.

Preparation

The wall is prepared by grinding all of the paint of the wall. This is done for adhesion.

Armor Lock

The Armor locks are installed by drilling plates into the joist header then attaching a strap.

armor lock plate

The plate is attached and the Carbon fiber strap is passed through and adhered to the wall.

Carbon Armor

The Carbon Armor straps are adhered to the wall with epoxy. Also the bottom 5 courses of blocks are solidified by filling the cavities with grout.

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