Carbon fiber straps or wall anchors to stop a foundation wall that is moving under soil pressure.

If this is what you're dealing with, you're not the first person on this stretch of coast to run into it.

What usually prompts the call

• A wall that bulges inward, most often around mid-height
• A horizontal crack running along the wall
• Block courses that have shifted out of line
• A wall that has moved further since you last looked

How it's normally handled

Carbon fibre straps hold a wall that has moved slightly and stopped. Wall anchors can hold and sometimes recover more significant movement. Which applies depends on how far it has gone and whether it is still moving.

$4,500 – $12,000 — typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.