Foundation Repair Photo Album: Bowing Walls in West Lebanon, NH

When a foundation cracks and bows there is a cause for alarm. There are few possibilities why this happens. Sometimes it's the soil outside your foundation expanding and putting pressure on your foundation. Sometimes it's a large amount of hydrostatic pressure that does it. Even things you wouldn't think of like your driveway or, porch, that put pressure by expanding due to weather. The follow set of pictures will show a product, Geo-Lock Foundation Wall Anchors, Matt Clark's Northern Basement Systems installed in West Lebanon, NH to keep a bowing wall from potentially collapsing and even gave the possibility of straightening out the wall over a period of time.

Before Geo-Lock

Here you can see the bowing happening at the entrance end of the house.

Outside Foundation Wall

You can see the extent of how much of a bow was happening.

Bow in the foundation

Here another picture of the damage done to the foundation.

Geo-Lock in West Lebanon, NH

The Geo-Lock Wall Anchor System steel rods have been drilled through the foundation and will be connected to an earth anchor.

Digging the Trench for the Earth Anchor

First Northern Basement System digs out a large trench then attaches the steel rod, which is drilled through the foundation, to an Earth Anchor. The anchor will then be back filled and sod will be replaced.

Geo-Lock Wall Plate in West Lebanon, NH

After the steel rod has been attached to the Earth Anchor a Geo-Lock Wall Anchor is attached to the interior wall. The technician can now start to tighten the nut on the Wall Anchor to start straightening the wall.