Repairing Cracks In Poured Concrete Basement Walls

Shrinkage cracks in poured basement walls.

Repairing cracks in poured concrete basement walls. This foundation crack repair method is known as crack injection. The only way to repair foundation wall cracks successfully is by the injection process. If cracks occur before the concrete is sealed this is often the material used to repair them. To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete repair kit 60.

Among the foundation crack repair methods available external crack repair is a good solution for leaking foundation cracks in poured concrete foundations. When looking at a block wall there are several of things to watch for including horizontal cracks in the mid 1 3 area and also horizontal cracks near the bottom course of blocks. Horizontal cracks in a block masonry basement wall are caused by many of the same issues and forces as those of a poured in place concrete wall. Yes concrete crack fillers do work.

Use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair. You just need to be sure you pick the right concrete crack filler for your specific situation and type of crack you need to repair. Concrete crack sealants are specifically made to fill up and repair thin cracks up to half an inch. Concrete can crack over time often early on in its lifespan as it cures and shrinks.

Today as most homes have poured concrete foundations we have ways to fix foundation cracks in basement from within the basement itself in a short period of time at a very low cost. Injecting a typical wall crack with an epoxy or urethane resin is done under pressure pushing the material from the inside all the way to the outside. However the sealant will not fix any underlying structural problems you. Check out this video to find out how it worked and to get some tips and tric.

Polymer modified cement grout is the typical material used to fill pinholes and voids in concrete during manufacture. We used the sikafix injection repair kit to repair a crack in our basement wall. Because basement floors are poured after the walls are poured the concrete where they meet doesn t always bond completely and this is a common spot for a crack to appear when the house settles. So if you find a short often vertical hairline crack in your foundation wall especially if it occurs near the seam where the forms were joined for the initial foundation pour it may be nothing to worry about.

We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.