How We Fix Bowing Walls

How We Fix Bowing Walls

How We Fix Bowing Walls Imagine you walk into your basement and notice one of your walls doesn’t look quite right. There is a large horizontal crack across the wall, and it seems like it has shifted inward. You may be looking at a bowing wall. Bowing walls are caused by excess water soaking the soil around your home, usually from rain or melting snow. As the soil expands, it adds extra pressure on the foundation walls, causing them to crack. Bowing walls are hazardous due to the possibility of collapse, so you should have them looked at by a … Read More

What Is Underpinning?

What Is Underpinning?

What is underpinning? Underpinning is a foundation repair term for products used to lift, support, or stabilize foundations, crawlspaces, garage columns, chimneys, slabs, steps, stoops, and more. Most people don’t even realize or know what underpinning is, but in the foundation repair world, these products are known home-savers. Rapid Foundation Repair offers many underpinning solutions you can rely on when your foundation is settling or sinking, or when your foundation walls are bowing and leaning. What are the types of underpinning? Helical Piers Helical piers are underpinning tools that are used when you need to need to resist a tension … Read More