Basement Wall Bracing Beams

You can brace a basement wall using square steel i beams with 5 inch wide sides.

Basement wall bracing beams.

Sounds really high to me. It s about 2 3 guys a single day s work materials are cheap. I have a 20 foot wall one side of the wall is bowed by 0 25 inch basement guy wants to place 3 beams to support the wall for 2400. I place each i beam tight against the wall hold it plumb and brace it in place with a 2x10 block or a piece of 3x3 1 4 inch angle iron lag bolted into the joists above figure 4.

Stabilizing basement walls with steel i beams continued when my holes are ready i set an i beam in each. I beams have been used to reinforce basement bowing walls for decades but the with the help of our powerbrace brackets steel i beams have been transformed into the most reliable foundation wall bracing system available. Gorilla wall braces have been put through pressure and stress tests by a professional engineer earning a professional engineer stamp that they are safe and effective to fix bowing basement walls. These steel columns are 3 inches wide 3 inches deep and 5 16 inch thick.

In a standard 11 course basement we install the beams 48 inches apart. Whether the foundation wall is built with poured concrete block or wood we have a permanent solution. Basement wall bracing system with steel beams. Plant the i beams in holes in the floor fill the holes with concrete and brace the i beams with counterpart beams on the opposite wall using a long wooden beam at roof level.

Another way we can brace cracked walls is by installing steel beams inside the basement that span the wall vertically between the footings and floor joists.