BASEMENT WALL REPAIR EXPERTS
Homeowners typically detect a potential foundation issue when they see bowed walls. A bowed wall is never a typical settling issue. Bowed wall repair should be considered when the soil adjacent to your basement walls naturally hold a lot of water. The water pushes the wall outward, causing foundation damage.
The soil is impacted by the Kansas City wet weather cycle. This issue occurs for several reasons. The footing drain (if there is one) ceases to function, the soils were not compacted when they were backfilled during construction, poor gutter performance, and/or improper grading around the home.
Servicing the Grandview, Lee's Summit, Olathe, Overland Park, and greater Kansas City area, we see bowed walls often throughout Kansas City because of the local
expansive clay.
ARE YOU
EXPERIENCING?
- Horizontal
cracks in the brick, sheetrock, or basement walls
- Stair-stepped cracks
- Water leakage into the basement or around your foundation
- Inward wall movement, bulging, or buckling walls
- Leaning walls at the top or sliding in at the bottom
- Visibility of expansive clay soil
If you answered yes to any of the above, then your home could have foundation issues and should be inspected by a professional.
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What Causes
Basement Bowed Walls?
As moisture puddles around the basement walls, it is absorbed by the clay soils causing them to swell. When the
clay soils expand and increase in volume, your foundation walls cannot resist this enormous pressure and they bow inward. Depending on the severity of the bowing and the type of foundation system,
several corrective options may be considered. "I" beam wall braces, tie-back anchors and carbon fiber straps are all common approaches to deal with bowing walls.
Generally speaking, the further in a wall has bowed, the more expensive the repair will be. Given the right circumstances and weather conditions, a wall can go from bad to worse very rapidly. Call PierMagic® Foundation Specialists to have us come out and give you advice on the best corrective plan for your situation.
BOWED WALL REPAIRS in
Missouri & Kansas
Kansas and Missouri soil is known for it's clay composition. When we begin to see bowed walls, we typically see a correlation to water in the soil surrounding your foundation. PierMagic's team has decades of experience in solely the Kansas City area, and specifically determining the best bowed wall repair for your specific issues.
