Bowed Exterior Wall

Prolonged vibrations from heavy traffic or plant machinery.

Bowed exterior wall. Bowing leaning or bulging in external walls are a result of decreasing wall stability these defects are often a symptom of. Your entire house is relying on the strength of your foundation. Exterior Wood Trim is Bowed Twisted or Cupped.

If you cant remove it nail a long straight 1x2 or 1x3 to the side of the stud. Prolonged vibrations from heavy traffic or plant machinery An increase in the floor loads for example where additional floors have been added to an existing building. The first sign you have a problem is a long horizontal crack in the wall or stair-stepping around the blocks.

There are different methods that can be used to repair a failing brick wall. So a total of 8 inches. An increase in the floor loads for example where additional floors have been added to an existing building The original walls being insufficiently thick in.

When wood gets wet it swells and shrinks as it dries. This will make straight studs. Out of alignment make a series of 1-34-in-deep kerfs saw cuts every 8 to 10 in.

Once the cracks form its easier for the existing weight and pressure to force the wall to bow. Do as Wayne said and install a sister stud to it to keep it straight and help with vertical pressure if load bearing. The bow was 4 inches on each side.

Among the most common causes of a bowing concrete wall is water pressure which can push upward or horizontally against the wall. A video demonstrating how to fix bowing walls with Bow Flex from Target FixingsThis video show this procedure through the side grain of the first floor jois. We obsessed over getting them plumb when framing the exterior.