Foundation Bulge

[Danno]

I dunno about cost. One could likely DIY, but it has to be more complex than mixing and dumping bags, you have to make sure that there the new cement adheres to the floor. I'm not sure how you do that, maybe by using grinders to make grooves.

[angolito]

I'm really interested in this thread. The (really bad ) house with three city lots attatched just next door to me is for sale. I have no real option but to buy it to protect myself. It has some foundation issues, so I'll watch this carefully!

[1834cobblestone]

I have the same shelf or footing in my basement. It was done 15 to 20 yr ago. but not as high as in the pic,s . I do have to ask, what is going on out side? is there a tree close to the foundation, has the grade out side changed, is there water pooling and freezing along side. I think something has changed outside also. I have seen trees and ice do some amazing thing to foundation walls.

[kecleveland]

I'm not certain the shelf will fix a foundation bulge. It will certainly fix the undermined foundation where the dirt is exposed in my house. I think something else needs to be done to provide additional support where my foundation bows in. At my house the only thing located near the foundation is my front steps, no trees.

[Danno]

I'm not certain the shelf will fix a foundation bulge. It will certainly fix the undermined foundation where the dirt is exposed in my house. I think something else needs to be done to provide additional support where my foundation bows in. At my house the only thing located near the foundation is my front steps, no trees.

Yeah, the bow has to be fixed by either digging down and resetting stuff, or there are ways that they can put a big plate inside the foundation, send a wire underground outward where it's attached to a stake (or something like that) and then they crank that wire tight enough that it starts to reverse the bow. Depending on how big the ow is they could put several different plates on it. I'm not really sure about the terminology for it, those were just my own words, but I've seen it done before and it seemed to work. That was on a poured cracking and bowed foundation, though, but I imagine it could work on a stone foundation too... Google it.