When an Altoona home has bowing or leaning walls, it is important to act quickly but also to have the correct solution for the situation. This is where professional help is needed. There are, broadly speaking, three solutions for bowing or leaning walls: carbon fiber reinforcement, wall anchors, and wall braces. Carbon fiber reinforcement is useful but limited for walls that are significantly leaning or bowing. Wall anchors and wall braces, however, can be used on walls with advanced damage and are capable of straightening the walls.
Neither option is truly ‘better’ than the other, but they are best suited to different situations. Wall anchors, for example, require a certain amount of exterior space for proper installation, while wall braces do not. Perhaps because of this, wall anchors also take up less interior space than braces and are less obtrusive and easier to disguise. By contrast, wall braces take up some space inside any room, which is the cost of their flexibility, versatility, and the lack of excavation and invasive installment measures.
Wall anchors are best suited for use on walls that are below ground level in homes that have sufficient outside space. They can be used to straighten damaged walls over time and are fairly easy to disguise if you wish to do so. Wall braces, by contrast, can be used in any below-grade room that has bowing walls, but they will take up the full height of the wall, making them much harder to disguise. They too can be used to straighten walls over time. These are both effective measures.