You don't have to sell me on a Structural Engineer. I planned on hiring one if I did the job myself (you are correct money well spent)my big concern was that the steel the salesman referred to was special and very expensive. After reading your posts I know that this is not the case. The...
The salesman that came over had a piece of the channel with him. I looked like regular 4" c channel about 1/4" thick with the legs about 1 5/8" long. The pictures he showed of the installed product showed the flat of the channel against the wall with the legs facing the interior...
The wall in my basement has cracked at the frost line and has started to bow approx 1/2". I have researched several systems to stabilize the wall and I am leaning towards a system that uses c channel anchored to footing and the ceiling rafters. The channel is pinned at the floor first then...
