Foundations are not supposed to crack…but they often do. BWN has reasonable, effective, and permanent repairs for your foundation crack. We can stop the leak and repair the crack so it never leaks again, guaranteed!
When a basement wall cracks, what was intended to be one piece of concrete (your foundation) is now in at least two pieces. No foundation wall is supposed to crack. You will never find these cracks in the architectural plans for the home.
When a basement wall cracks the crack can allow water to penetrate into the living space causing damage to building materials or even further eroding the foundation over time. Polyurethane injection permanently seals these cracks from bottom to top, filling the fracture with a material that water cannot pass through. To structurally rejoin the broken concrete, Carbon Fiber “stitches” are inserted across the crack and embedded in a structural epoxy rendering this repair permanent.
Strong as a 4″ Steel I-beam, these composite straps are the only ICC-ES certified repair recognized by code officials (Important if you ever sell your home). These straps when properly specified and installed, permanently restore the integrity of your foundation. Ask about our lifetime warranty.
In some cases we call in the big guns. Properly specified and installed Steel I Beams can restore the integrity of your foundation even if it is shifted, bowed or tilted beyond what other methods can repair.
If your wall or walls are bowed or tilted seek help IMMEDIATELY. Your home relies on your foundation to stay in place. A bowed or tilted foundation wall is a wall that has failed and requires repair.
Strong as a 4″ Steel I-beam these composite straps are the only ICC-ES certified repair recognized by code officials (Important if you ever sell your home) These straps when properly specified and installed permanently restore the integrity of your foundation. As about our lifetime warranty.
When a foundation wall has experienced catastrophic failure we bring in the Steel I-beams coupled with proper anchoring and bracing these permanently stabilize a foundation against further movement.
When you see sink holes on the outside of your foundation beware. Sink holes are visible evidence of soil moving.
Oftentimes sinkholes allow silt and sediment to wash out and into an interior waterproofing system or drain. This silt and sediment can foul or block drains and interior waterproofing systems leading to greater water penetration. Soil stabilization involves injection of grouts to stop this movement of soil and protects your valuable drains and waterproofing systems from failure.
If your wall or walls are bowed or tilted seek help IMMEDIATELY. Your home relies on your foundation to stay in place. A bowed or tilted foundation wall is a wall that has failed and requires repair.
A Stairway Makeover restores a stairway not only cosmetically but also renews it structurally. Correcting structural deficiencies are corrected through wall reinforcing and concrete re-surfacing.S
Basement cracks are never a good thing to find in your home. You’ll never find a set of blueprints where the vertical foundation crack is designed by the architect. “Yes here is the laundry room and over there the family room and this is where the hairline crack will develop under your basement window and across the room is the vertical foundation crack that will absolutely gush when it rains enough.”
Cracks are never intentional, ever.
That being said ‘when should I be worried about foundation cracks’ is a common question. You should always be aware of foundation cracks, however, not all cracks are disastrous. but some of them needn’t worry you.
When you have a poured concrete foundation, forms were placed and those forms filled with wet concrete. Your home foundation was placed in one day to eliminate seams in the concrete. (Seams Leak) Once the concrete cured you then had a single piece of solid foundation that would serve to hold your entire house. When that foundation cracks it breaks into more than one piece. then is in more than one piece.
Cracks can leak allowing water into the living space.
Foundation cracks allow the foundation wall to more easily move causing structural problems such as tilting, bowing or shifting the very foundation that is holding up your home.
Foundation cracks, however, can and should be repaired and repaired permanently. When you want to determine how serious a foundation crack is you should engage the services of a professional to assess the crack, and provide the best solution to fix it. Foundation crack repair is a specialized industry. An experienced foundation crack repair technician who is trained in the latest techniques can best determine the appropriate repair.
If you have a concrete block foundation and it cracks there are other important considerations. A block foundation is typically built over a period of several days. Here hollowcore concrete blocks are mortared together as a foundation for your home. These blocks are typically 8” or 12” wide depending on the year the home was built. Cracks in a block foundation nearly always indicate movement. Over time Block foundations develop cracks as they move. Step cracks follow the mortar joints in a block wall, while snap fractures crack through the center of a block itself. disregarding the mortar joint, Bblock walls can tilt orin or out or even bow in and or out depending on soil pressures and lateral loading of the wall. This movement can be gradual over time or sudden and all at once and related to an event such as a piece of heavy equipment driving too close to the wall or a tree falling in the yard. but in In any event when your block foundation begins to move you’re going to want to stop it. Often this requires a structural solution.
BWN has been repairing wet basement problems and broken foundations since 1987. We can fix yours as well.
Schedule a free inspection today and we’ll find the solutions that’s right for you.
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