Bowing Basement Walls - I-beam Installation 

We had some made by a local steel work company. Just call around and ask, its really common for the I Beams to be used, we just asked them to weld a flange on the top and bottom with holes in it for bolts. Very simple, think it cost like a couple hundred bucks per beam, for the full thing. Much cheaper than $500-800 a company will charge you.

That would be the complete fix with the beams. Stop the problem at the source first.

Pressure relief system on the inside. Trench, weep holes in the blocks to the sump.

@@daleravic technically best solution is digging, filling the cracks on the outside m, and waterproofing the exterior. Then You wouldn’t need a full Interior permitter drain system. You would just need good grading and footer drains

@Bob Jones no!!! The issue is water on the foundation in general. Whether that water seeps in makes little difference. The freeze thaw cycle of the soil will still push it in.

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Good Question. They are about 5ft apart in most cases.

wafrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2017_UBC_Foundation_Repair_Code.pdf Theres a link to the 2017 structural foundation repair guidlines.. eerything they did is relatively correct and to standard but engineered opinions are good to do for most as there are many unseen and overlooked aspects to doing stuff like this.. the spec in the pdf is a base guideline for engineers when writing up a build plan for contractors to follow for safety..

That said theres different shit you should do depending on the construction of the home, foundation, joist layout and supports, footings, grades and external factors like soil type, drainage, extent of damage, water intrusion, previous repairs etc...

@@CompThatHouse what size are the I beams?

@@ginacochran6292 4w 13

Those are just prefabricated with a plate welded on the end. You could do something similar with a clip angle.

All over the board from $15k to 50k depending on severity

That’s most likely a concrete expansion/wedge anchor bolt. Drill the hole and pound in the anchor bolt, then drive it in and the anchor expands.

Sure.. nothing could go wrong excavating backfill up against a bowing and moving wall. First you SUPPORT the wall then you can remove the dirt outside to add a frost barrier or fix what ever is causing the problem.

Where do u buy the steel beams at ?