Thirteen years ago a long poured concrete retaining wall was installed when our home was built.
How to fix a concrete retaining wall.
These are common on properties that are positioned on small hills.
Use a wire brush check on amazon to brush both ends of the walls and then try a vacuum pump to suck out all debris in between the crack.
We didn t hire the builder and.
Use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair.
When this occurs the homeowner has two choices.
And when they fall apart some people start par.
To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete repair kit 60.
The concrete retaining wall is built to keep the soil that makes up the hill in place defying gravity.
A contractor told me that if i don t tear it down immediately and replace it my house foundation that s six feet away will collapse along.
Whether a retaining wall is built of stone block concrete or wood it can begin to lean.
Either demolish the wall.
The injection process fills the crack from top to bottom from inside to outside.
Retaining wall repair options.
The retaining wall at my older home is in sad shape.
To fix the vertical cracks in your retaining wall the first step is to clean the cracks and ensure there s no loose concrete in between the opening.
But beyond that when the wall begins to fail it s important to know how to fix a retaining wall and to address it quickly to avoid more severe damage.
Fixing the mortar in a brick and mortar retaining wall the bricks are secured together with a layer of mortar which looks like a light gray concrete.
The only way to repair foundation wall cracks successfully is by the injection process.
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.
We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.