What Are The Signs of A Failing Or Damaged Basement Foundation?
Early warning signs of foundation problems usually show up in a few ways:
Cracked Bricks and Missing Mortar
Either of these exterior signs or both generally indicate that the foundation is shifting or deteriorating.
Mold Or Dampness
The sight and smell of mold in your basement can be another sign of a problematic or damaged foundation. Humidity in the soil surrounding your home, basement, and foundation contains mold, contaminants, pollen, and musty odors.
Cracks
Cracks in your basement walls or foundation are the most obvious visual and easily-recognizable signs of a deteriorating foundation. They are more than an eyesore; they are signs of a potentially serious issue. Ignoring them or incorrectly trying to repair them will not fix the situation and halt the damage.
Why Do Your Basement’s Foundation’s Walls Crack & Leak?
Pressure.
Your home’s foundation is the highest load-bearing part of your home’s structure. It supports the entire home. It’s also the lowest part of your home’s structure and comes in direct contact with the soil, moisture, and bedrock. Your basement is the room or space in your home that’s most directly impacted by your foundation, and it may also be the first place where you notice your foundation problems.
When the earth moves, bowing inward causes cracks in your basement’s foundation. But why does it move? Hydrostatic pressure is the scientific or industry term that describes the hydrostatic pressure exerted by a fluid at rest due to gravity. Simply put, it’s when the water in the soil surrounding your home’s foundation builds up pressure and expands, thus leading to cracks and leaks in the basement walls.
Most homes will eventually develop foundation or basement cracks, especially in the greater St. Louis Metro and the humid midwest. But not all cracks are created equal; some are worse than others. Many can be repaired using our foundation crack repair carbon fiber application.
The Fix – Carbon Fiber.
What Is Carbon Fiber?
Carbon fiber materials are made of small, five to ten micrometers and are amongst some of the strongest materials known and used in many applications, including basement foundation repair. Carbon fiber is made primarily from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and rayon or petroleum pitch. These materials are used in various applications and industries, including aerospace, military hardware production, motorsports, and building repairs.
Why Carbon Fiber?
Carbon fiber possesses many winning qualities and attributes. Among them are carbon fiber’s high strength-to-volume ratio, high chemical resistance, strong rigidity, and high-temperature and low thermal expansion properties. What this means is that carbon fiber products are ideally suited for foundation crack repair. St. Louis Crack Repair uses the best products on all our foundation and basement repairs and restoration projects.
Our crack repair services are fast, effective, affordable, long-lasting, durable, and less intrusive than many other options. It’s easy to paint over the crack repairs, and the work dries and solidifies in 24 hours. It’s the perfect crack repair solution for real estate agents needing quick repairs or any homeowner seeking a lasting solution to protect their largest and most important investment.
The Strong, Winning Combination
When you combine the best in crack repair know-how with superior crack foundation repair materials, you get the best, longest-lasting results. St. Louis Crack Repair’s basement foundation repair professionals are building arts experts from the tuck-pointing and masonry trades and understand the importance of small details and thorough work. We permanently fix your foundation cracks with the best carbon fiber crack repair and reinforcement products.
Our choice is stronger than steel, revolutionary, and proven carbon fiber materials from the market leader and innovator, Gateway Composites. Through testing, refinement, and technological advancements, Gateway Composites has developed superior carbon fiber crack repair solutions and has been successfully used on millions of crack repair projects across the country.
Call St. Louis Crack Repair And Consider It Fixed.
St. Louis Crack Repair can quickly complete your basement concrete and foundation repair without excavation, major construction, or intrusive measures. Our foundation repair process is affordable, fast, and works.
We offer FREE, no-obligation, no-pressure quote, upfront pricing, and the option of attaching photos of your foundation issue in our convenient online contact form.
We strive to educate our consumers as it relates to the causes of your crack foundation issues and what the right solution is. If it’s not our solution, we’ll shoot you straight and let you know. We’ll also give you realistic expectations and flexible scheduling options to fix those cracks so you can sleep at night.