Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Wall Repair in Columbia, TN

This customer in Columbia, TN, called Frontier due to failing foundation walls. We Installed our PowerBrace™ Foundation Wall Repair System. The PowerBrace is a patented foundation wall repair system designed to stabilize failing basement walls and potentially straighten them over time. These steel I-beams will stabilize the wall in its current position without any further adjustment. Over time, the PowerBrace™ System can be tightened to make bowing or tilting walls straighter.

Signs of bowing foundation walls

Foundation walls move inward primarily due to expansive soils and hydrostatic pressure on the walls from outside. However, foundation walls may also crack due to many other outside causes, including foundation settlement. Our foundation experts will accurately identify the cause of your home's foundation problems.

When Foundation Wall Anchors Won't Work

In some cases, a wall anchor system can't be used to repair a bowing wall because the yard outside the house isn't accessible. When we at Frontier Foundation & Crawl Space Repair encounter this kind of problem, we suggest that you install our PowerBrace™ Foundation Wall System.

More Stairstep Cracking

Your foundation walls are bowing, buckling, or showing signs of inward movement. Telltale Signs include horizontal or stair-step cracking along the foundation walls.

Anchors Installed into Floors

After the areas of the floor are excavated, the PowerBrace Anchors are installed.

Excavating Areas for Anchors

To complete the installation of your PowerBrace™ System, each beam will be attached to your concrete foundation floor with a special, bolt-in-place bracket.

PowerBrace Installed

When it isn't possible to anchor walls in the soils outside the foundation due to properly line restrictions, we recommend repairing your damaged foundation walls with the PowerBrace™ Wall Repair System.

The PowerBrace™ System

The PowerBrace™ is an adjustable steel I-beam system with two important benefits: stabilizing bowed or tilting walls, and (over time) forcing bowed or tilting wall sections back to their original position.

PowerBrace Anchor

Unlike other foundation wall repair methods that install from the inside of the foundation walls, the PowerBrace™ System spans the entire height of the foundation walls. This makes the PowerBrace™ system suitable for repairing walls that bow and buckle from the middle. Additionally, the PowerBrace™ can repair walls that are sliding inwards from the bottom or tilting inwards from the top.

Straighten Walls

The PowerBrace™ System includes a unique, patented adjustment mechanism that is unlike any other I-beam foundation wall repair system. The bracket that anchors each I-beam to a floor joist includes a long bolt that can be tightened over time to advance the I-beam. This can force a bowed or buckled foundation wall back toward is original vertical & straight position. Straightening potential depends on several factors, including soil conditions outside the foundation.

A Permanent Solution

All PowerBrace™ components are manufactured to exacting standards, with an anti-corrosion zinc coating that will keep them looking like new for decades to come!