1. Repairing Bowed or Leaning Walls In The St.
Louis Area
If you have bowed or leaning foundation walls
around St. Louis, these can cause serious structural
damage if not corrected. From an engineering
explanation, this problem originates when
hydrostatic pressure from excessive water becomes
too great. This affects the soil surrounding the
structure, which swells and exerts pressure. All this
pressure forces the foundation wall inward.
Bowing basement walls with a block foundation have symptoms that can include cracks in mortar
joints, stair-step cracks at outside corners, horizontal shearing at the bottom of the wall and tipping
at the top of the wall. You may observe basement walls that are bulging and have cracks all
throughout the wall. If this is the case, the wall may be on the verge of a collapse.
The basement wall cracks you see in your St. Charles, or South County home are evidence that the
structure is moving.
Poured foundation walls show symptoms like the tipping of the wall, diagonal cracks at outside
corners, and vertical or horizontal cracks in the wall.
The good news is we have experience solving these types of
bowed wall problems using proven engineered helical wall
anchor systems.
We use these machined anchors, which are machine drilled past the active zone of moving earth at a
downward angle, to stabilize the structure or even restore your house back to its original position.

2. Soil exerts pressure on your foundation wall
Helical wall anchors are installed to straighten and stabilize bowed walls

3. Foundation wall is backfilled and drainage is addressed
It is also possible to address footing drain issues that may have been the cause of the issue at the
same time. We also carry a full line of helical tieback anchors and soil nails for commercial
applications where engineered solutions are needed.