I recommend you break out the interior faces of the block at cores to be reinforced and install reinforcing from the inside.
Reinforce existing concrete block wall.
When you have the base of the wall uncovered you might have to fill each of those drainage holes with dry concrete mix with small aggregate to support the blocks on top.
Horizontal reinforcement helps to evenly.
If you can talk to the guy who built the wall and ask him if he would do some remediation.
This must remain in place as it is needed to tie the wall together to control shrinkage.
Basically the frp process includes grinding down existing mortar joints.
The mesh connected with the anchors provides additional reinforcement.
You can also used thin wire reinforcing for concrete block walls.
How to reinforce a hollow concrete block wall step 1.
On the fourth course trowel a skim very thin coat of.
Lay your first four courses of concrete block wall.
Fiber reinforced polymer or frp is another way of reinforcing already built masonry walls.
This is a traditional retrofitting method where the retrofitting technique is performed to.
Frp involves reappointing masonry work in order to add strength to the structure.
This is one of the simplest and cheapest way to restore the strength and the ductility of the r.
The main drawback of concrete jackets is that it adds to the overall thickness of a masonry wall.
And drill weep holes through the joints in the wall on the outside.
How to strengthen existing concrete walls.
Lay a run of masonry lathe down the entire course of the wall.