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    Bowing basement wall

    Hi again, thanks for all the responses. I measured from the middle of the wall and up. 7cm buckling…. By the way, the material is some form of concrete, with large stones. Not mortar. The lines you see are from the boards when casting. The weird thing is that it seems like the wall keeps on...
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    Bowing basement wall

    No drainage issues
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    Bowing basement wall

    They redid the drainage about 10 years ago. The owners have lived in the house for 2 years and the cracks appear the same. I suppose the cracks come from settlement in combination with hydrostatic pressure. Hard to say. The soil is clay/silt
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    Bowing basement wall

    Hi everyone, I have a basement wall that is bowing, and I’m exploring different methods to reinforce it. I've attached pictures of the wall in question for reference. The wall is about 10m wide and 2m tall. Current Considerations: I’m leaning towards using carbon fiber strips as they seem to...
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