Anyone have any experience with Fortress wall systems? I inspected a home today and the house had this system installed last month. I just can’t see this system handling the load of the wall deflection that I observed.
I called it out anyway as some of the bolts were loose and the straps weren’t even tight. The system comes with a lifetime warranty.
Who’s lifetime? 
Just my WAG, but somebody got “took” by somebody… 
I would just describe what the wall is doing and say that some Fortress Wall System was applied and refer the mess out to a structural engineer.
I’m not accepting liability on that. LOL
A few Tapcons and left-over lawn chair webbing, what more do you want??
Thanks guys. I told them I didn’t like anything about that system and that I didn’t think that it was a sufficient repair. Just never seen it before. Appreciate the feed back.
Pretty sure “Tampons” may have worked better…
So, looking at their website, the system has a wide carbon-fiber strap (blue green) with 234,700 PSI shear strength that is pre-tensioned using a more-pedestrian unspecified-strength regular strap (yellow) before it gets anchored and glued to the wall. I would imagine that the carbon fiber straps do indeed add tensile strength to the wall. However, once the glue dries, the yellow straps provide little to no value. Because, if the wall bends or moves as a whole, the yellow straps would be near useless.
The website says “post-tensioned.” But nonetheless, I wouldn’t pay much or have much faith in this system. I would much rather go with Power Braces if I were in this situation.
duck and cover, that is a failure waiting to happen,
These retaining bulging foundation walls systems come up every now and then on the message board. This system was installed a month ago. Guarantee comes with the system I suspect.
Report as if you where inspecting a ny home with recent repairs.
Band-Aid solution only. A Hail Marry Throw to the repair.
Why do foundation wall bulge? Soil pressure. Water in most cases. Most of the time, a foundation wall bowing inward is caused by hydrostatic pressure. Perimeter drainage field and weep tile system maybe compromised.
I typically do not grade repairs.
In fact, this is not really a repair. It is a stabilizing system. If the exterior forces were mitigated, then the straps may be sufficient. My crystal ball is out for repairs, so…
Without documentation, you are left with little. Below is the correct response. (bold is mine). I would add any additional observations or concerns, such as loose bolts and one anchor not attached to the rim band (but rather some bridge-type bracing). These will help justify elevating the whole thing to an engineer.
