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Basement Wall Reinforcement
Using the InvisiBeam® Platinum System by Fortress.
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Nothing Compares to a Composite Reinforced Foundation Utilizing the Fortress InvisiBeam® System.
The Fortress InvisiBeam® system features the latest in composite technologies and outperforms alternative options such as steel I-Beams, Wall Anchors, or Carbon Fiber Fabric Systems.
Foundations Plus is part of a select group of contractors who have been recognized with Platinum Certification from Fortress. This means we receive factory direct training and our installations are backed by a manufacture’s Lifetime Warranty.
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How Do Basement Walls Fail?
Basement walls have a tremendous amount of compression strength, meaning they can easily handle the weight of a house. However, they can quickly begin to fail when too much lateral load is placed against them, such as soil pressure coming from the exterior of your home.
Increases in moisture in the soil from melting snow or rain can place a load on your wall beyond what it can handle, which often leads to cracking, bowing, tipping, and shearing. Other factors such as tree roots or construction on the exterior of the wall can also contribute to wall failures.
In block walls, you will typically see horizontal cracks, step cracks, and bowing in the middle of the wall as early signs of a problem.
As pressure mounts, bottom shearing is often the next indicator that your wall is in jeopardy.
In a poured wall, the problems will usually appear with horizontal or angled cracks, and leaning or tipping at the top of the wall.
If you experiencing any of these problems, it’s important that you reinforce your wall right away.
It only takes one bad rain storm to push a wall beyond repair.
Superior Components Deliver Superior Results.... Never Worry About Your Walls Again!
The Carbon Fiber / Kevlar® Strap features an open grid design, which allows the anchoring epoxy to form a chemical bond to the wall and a mechanical bond from the top to the bottom of the strap through a process called Adhesive Riveting Technology.
Adhesive Riveting Technology involves the bonding of structural epoxy within with the openings of the Carbon Fiber / Kevlar® grid. Just like a traditional rivet, this technology forms a bond far superior to that of the “watery” saturant epoxy used with carbon fiber fabrics. The InvisiBeam® strap actually makes the wall stronger than when it was originally built.
The Top Anchor attaches to the rim joint of your home’s flooring system (additional options are available when the rim joist is not accessible.) This provides a secure anchoring point to a structural component of your home ensuring the wall cannot continue to tip once the strap is installed and that the strap cannot debone form the surface. The patented top anchor is post-tensioned, which allows the Carbon Fiber to immediately take on the load being place against your wall from the exterior soil pressure.
The Bottom Anchor provides over 4,500lbs of lateral strength, preventing the possibility of bottom wall shear. The patented anchor is made of solid carbon — in fact the bottom anchor alone contains over twice the carbon of any competitors entire system!