Corner Crack Repair with Carbon Fiber

Whether you are talking about foundation walls or retaining walls, the outer corners on concrete walls can come under a great deal of stress. The corners are both critical in distributing the load within a structure and a point at which force is often being applied on the wall in two different directions.

This stress can lead to cracking, which along with being unsightly can also compromise the wall’s structural integrity.

Repairing corners comes with its own set of challenges. Carbon fiber, however, is alone among wall repair options in being suited to fix outer corner cracking in concrete or CMU walls.

Reasons Carbon Fiber is Ideal for Corner Repair

1. It Can Adapt to Different Corner Shapes

Is your corner rounded or square? Is it at a right angle or an obtuse one? Regardless, carbon fiber can bend around the corner while maintaining contact. This allows it to provide the strength required to withstand the forces pulling the wall apart at the corner.

2. It Is Strong Enough to Stabilize the Corner

Simply using epoxy on a corner crack will often fail to provide a long-term solution if you don’t stabilize and strengthen the wall itself. Even if the epoxy holds, cracks can simply form adjacent to the repair. Carbon fiber, with a better tensile strength to weight ratio than steel, can stabilize the corner and ensure the crack remains fixed.

3. Maintain the Wall’s Aesthetics

Whether your client requires corner repair for a foundation wall, a retaining wall or some other concrete structure, they will be pleased to know that paint or other coatings can be applied over carbon fiber to “hide” the repair. In this way carbon fiber accomplishes the important task of stabilizing and strengthening the wall without causing permanent aesthetic damage.