Repairing Bowed Basement Wall Damage
It's not uncommon to find your basement walls bowing,
especially on homes that were built before the 1950s. Some of these
homes are suffering from a variety of problems. The bows in the basement
walls, are more than likely due to poor construction.
It's hard to imagine, how much weight or pressure the soil on the
exterior of your basement walls is actually applying directly to these
retaining walls or so-called retaining walls. If these walls were
constructed poorly, there's a good chance that they will fail
eventually.
It's hard to imagine, but there are plenty of basements that have been
built in the past that weren't built properly. They were built by
inexperienced construction workers who were lacking the knowledge
necessary to properly construct these homes. Since your basement walls
are holding up the entire home, the minute that they start to become a
problem, the rest of the home will also start to suffer.
Now what can you actually do and how can you repair this problem. If you
are lacking construction experience, I recommend that you hire someone
with the necessary experience to repair the building foundation and
basement walls properly.
This is not something that you should tackle yourself, without any
experience. I would also recommend doing one section at a time. This
would require removing the exterior dirt, all the way down to the bottom
basement foundation and then removing one wall at a time, after you have
shored up the rest of the home properly.
Again, do not attempt to do this on your own. If you have basement walls
that are blowing or damaged, I would recommend that you hire a
professional for these home repairs. Bowing walls could eventually cause
your home to collapse, I would make sure that you contact a professional
to at least evaluate the situation for you. I don't recommend getting
just one person's opinion, try to get at least two to four professionals
to look at your basement foundation walls.