Bowing Basement Wall Repair with Carbon-Fiber Straps

Soil pressure outside your foundation can push basement walls inward until they bow, crack, or lean. We reinforce bowing walls with carbon-fiber straps that tie the wall to the house framing and the footing, so the wall is held at the top and the bottom.

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How our carbon-fiber strap repair works

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1. Grind and prep. We grind the wall surface where each strap goes, so the epoxy bonds to clean, solid block or concrete.

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2. Epoxy. We put a layer of structural epoxy on the prepped strip.

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3. Carbon-fiber strap. The carbon-fiber strap is pressed into the epoxy, running across the bowed or cracked area.

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4. Anchor to the sill plate and footing. The strap is mechanically anchored to the sill plate at the top and the footing at the bottom.

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5. Final epoxy coat. A final epoxy coat seals the strap to the wall.

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Signs of a bowing wall

• Horizontal or stair-step cracks in the basement wall

• A wall that leans or bulges inward

• Gaps where the wall meets the floor or the sill plate

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Backed by our 25-Year Transferable Warranty.

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Free inspection and estimate. We'll show you what we see and explain what's needed, and what isn't.

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Sagging floors or a failing main beam? See Structural Support.