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Tensioning and Adjusting Wall Alignment

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Day 2: Emergency Foundation repair

What happens here

After the cables are installed and turnbuckles connected, begin the process of tensioning the cables. Use a tool (such as a rebar handle) to turn the turnbuckles, slowly and carefully increasing tension to pull the exterior deadmen towards the foundation. This action helps to push the bulging wall back into its correct position. Simultaneously, monitor the wall's movement with a level on the interior to ensure it's becoming true and not over-tensioned.

Goal: Pull the foundation wall back to true using tensioned cables

Tools and materials

  • Level Milwaukee — Checking the straightness and plumb of the interior wall
  • Rebar Handle — Turning the turnbuckles for adjustment
  • Steel Cables — The core component of the tensioning system
  • Turnbuckles — Adjusting the tension of the cables

What they say

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slows down the decay process each cable system has a turnbuckle design this allows them to do very precise adjustments to the inside of the wall before we backfill Frankie runs a string line down the wall to see how true it is pretty much and that's stucco so you can you can't really go off at stucco because it can be thicker and thinner that's where you got English good because on the inside I'm actually over imposed to be but that you can see can't tell what this stucco right on the inside we can go off of the block yeah okay you know and then that that should be true but the stucco what they don't know if it gained any corners are thicker than other that corner why'd they stucco all the way down I think I want that mr. didn't have no dirt on the guy yeah backfilled and made it like this there's a bigger mystery than that going on on this jobsite it kind of really all depends on how we go but we should wrap down here so we should go a little bit more pretty much yeah we might have to push on this too you can push it well maybe get along before they something good forward or something off of it and they keep pushing that corner if we could Frankie doesn't like what he's seeing in the turnbuckles are pulling it as far as he watched oh you're gonna just give her a little tap yeah No No [Music] so they go back to what worked yesterday oh just a little bit now [Music] here to the corner this is good I'm actually gonna let it come back see here's level now look and see we went past that's what I'm saying on the outside it should show a bubble suit you're bowing out but it ate which is all right well we will get the inside looking true because if they go like this and slow but that's ok I decided we'd settle last night I knew I was pulling it over yeah these other ones that tight and then I will let this one off a little bit the center of the wall was the worst point breaking wants to overcompensate there to allow for future settlement why better than it was Oh I guess I'd rather have yeah pretty damn close yeah that much but we're and we're and that's where we put our deal that's why I just want this one snug so I just won't let it come back in when we loosen that one before they start the

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