How To Repair Basement Wall Cracks
Support a cracked bowed basement block foundation wall.
How to repair basement wall cracks. Repair a foundation crack with an epoxy sealer photo geoffrey gross. The injection process fills the crack from top to bottom from inside to outside. Large unstable or growing cracks require a professional inspection to determine the structural stability of the basement before filling. We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.
This basement has a crack running horizontally along the block concrete wall. In this video you ll learn how to effect an engineered repair for an existing basement block wall fou. Cracks in basement walls allow water to enter the basement which leads to mold and mildew growth. You can t handle this cracked wall by simply filling the crack and finishing off the basement.
If a foundation wall crack is wider than inch have a pro take a look. Concrete wall crack repair in 8 steps use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair. We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall. Injecting a typical wall crack with an epoxy or urethane resin is done under pressure pushing the material from the inside all the way to the outside.
Consult a structural engineer for these issues. To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete repair. The only way to repair foundation wall cracks successfully is by the injection process. Filling a small and moderate crack is necessary to prevent unhealthy conditions in the home.
For crumbling basement walls which results from hard cracks and chips there s every chance that the underlying cause may be due to rust of the steel bars used within the walls. There s also a stair step crack on each end of the horizontal crack and the wall is bowed in about 1 in. Hard cracks and chips. If these cracks occur in a very small area you can fix the problem easily.
Consult a structural engineer for these issues.