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BOWED BASEMENT WALLS
Why are my basement walls bowing, leaning, or cracking?
Walls that are bowing, leaning, and/or cracking are showing serious signs of excessive exterior stress. Let's look at some possibilities.
Tree roots. Believe it or not, the roots of a tree planted too closely to your house can begin to exert significant pressure on exterior walls.
Expanding clay deposits. When too much water is allowed to infiltrate the soil outside your basement walls, it will cause clay deposits to expand, pushing in on the walls.
Poor grading, cluttered gutters, badly placed downspouts. Any of these problems can cause the above-mentioned problem of expanding clay deposits, contributing to pressure against your walls.
Plumbing leaks can undermine the structural integrity even of concrete walls, over time.
BOWED BASEMENT WALLS
Why are my basement walls bowing, leaning, or cracking?
Walls that are bowing, leaning, and/or cracking are showing serious signs of excessive exterior stress. Let's look at some possibilities.
Tree roots. Believe it or not, the roots of a tree planted too closely to your house can begin to exert significant pressure on exterior walls.
Expanding clay deposits. When too much water is allowed to infiltrate the soil outside your basement walls, it will cause clay deposits to expand, pushing in on the walls.
Poor grading, cluttered gutters, badly placed downspouts. Any of these problems can cause the above-mentioned problem of expanding clay deposits, contributing to pressure against your walls.
Plumbing leaks can undermine the structural integrity even of concrete walls, over time.
