Bowed or Leaning Walls

The ground around your home contracts and expands with the changes in temperature. Water can also accumulate around your foundation, causing hydrostatic pressure on your foundation or basement walls. This can cause walls to appear to be buckling, or bowing inward. These bowed walls need to be stabilized before they collapse, causing homeowners a big headache whether you live in Palatine, Hammond, Indiana, DeKalb or anywhere in Chicagoland.

Perma-Seal uses the proven engineering methods of their  Wall Anchor System to secure and stabilize deteriorating basement walls. Whether it's concrete block, clay block, poured concrete, timber or stone, Perma-Seal’s wall anchor system repairs them all. 

The wall anchor system consists of an interior wall plate, and exterior soil anchor and a connecting steel rod to stabilize foundation walls by counteracting the pressure being exerted against the wall.

Cracked basement walls are another foundation problem, and they will eventually leak. Crack injection is an accepted way to repair these issues. Perma-Seal has adopted these techniques because they are cost-effective, reliable and permanent. More than 99% of the time, a crack injection will fix the problem.

Perma-Seal repairs severely cracked walls with a Fortress ™ epoxy-impregnated carbon-fiber/Kevlar grid mesh, to permanently repair cracks. This mesh is slightly thicker than paper, yet has strength superior to steel. This technology has been used for years in the aerospace, nautical marine and aircraft industries. There are no steel I-beams or tie-backs, so your walls have no unsightly obstructions and are ready to paint. Concrete crack repair and stopping shifting walls with Carbon-fiber is a proven application and technology that works as well in your home as in commercial buildings, bridges, mines, road surfaces, and in any other applications where reinforcement and reparation are need.

Bowed basement or foundation walls can be straightened and/or stabilized. Even after this is accomplished, the wall itself has lost the structural integrity and requires reinforcement. You can also reinforce a bowed concrete foundation or basement wall that is still within tolerance at it's current condition without straightening. Historically, I-beams were used to correct a bowed basement or foundation wall by erecting the beams in a fashion that provides lateral concrete reinforcement. While remaining an effective method, installation can be expensive and the end result are obtrusive beams sticking out from the wall. In addition, the cracks which have undoubtedly occurred as a result of the bowed basement or foundation wall are not addressed.

Bowed basement walls can be resolved using the latest carbon-fiber technology developed by Fortress Stabilization Systems. Using carbon-fiber kevlar sheet straps in combination with specifically designed epoxies, bowed basement walls can now be repaired and arrested with little to no obtrusiveness. The repaired bowed basement wall can then be painted thereby creating an almost invisible repair, thereby increasing the resale value of your home.