You see, my basement wall sucks at life. I'll spare you the long drawn out story but the short version is someone started to fix it in November 2008. As of Memorial Day 2009 he had not done much of anything with it other than leave a tree lying in my yard (which is now dead) and leave one basement wall exposed all winter. Sounds like a great contractor, right? I fired him. And it felt good.
Now I am kind of up a creek with the repairs. Rick used to do this sort of thing for a job so he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't have the tools to do it. This is where you folks (hopefully) come in. I need wall braces. I have no idea what to call them other than that. Something I can bolt to the floor and bolt to the wall in the basement and tighten over time to move the wall back into position where it should be. (The wall does this by itself as the ground dries up in July/August the braces are to help it along and hold it steady.)
Does anyone know where I can get something like this? I have scoured the interwebz (obviously not very well) and have called several contractor supply chains. What else is a girl to do?
If you have any clue where the heck I can get these things, please oh please let me know.
4 comments:
Hate to be mr doom and gloom but your problem probably needs proffessional help. Structural damage is tricky stuff. Good luck!
Yep. Rick *is* a professional, just a professional without the right tools. It's that or drop $18K on my basement. Mind you that is $18K that I certainly do not have and cannot afford to repay at this jucture in time.
So what is a girl to do?
Rent or buy the tools?
Either one. If I can rent them... awesome. If I have to buy them so be it. I can always turn around and sell them on ebay or craigslist when I'm done with them.
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