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Basement contractors are gaining an edge in the industry by offering carbon fiber repairs to fix common foundation problems that include bowing walls, wall crack repair and floor crack repair by stitching the crack. Carbon fiber kits have the advantage of easy installation, and the guarantee of a long-lasting repair. Carbon fiber is known for being a lightweight and incredibly strong building repair material. It is on the cutting edge of infrastructure repair materials, and after twenty years of testing has been proven time and again to outperform, and be an extremely strong alternative to steel.
StrongHold carbon fiber repair kits change basement contractors industry
More basement contractors are using StrongHold brand carbon fiber repair kits to expand their basement repair and waterproofing business. Stronghold Carbon fiber repair kits have key advantages:
1. Carbon fiber does not corrode.
2. At a 1/16th of an inch thickness, Carbon fiber offers greater tensile strength than steel, without adversely affecting the aesthetics of the basement wall.
3. Stronghold carbon fiber kits are proven for infrastructure repair. With implementation in major industrial, commercial and civil applications. StrongHold's parent company HJ3 Composite Technologies, has repaired over 7,500 structures worldwide. HJ3 has sold over 2,000,000 square feet of carbon fiber to date.
Basement contractors using carbon fiber kits appreciate that the technology supporting StrongHold systems has been approved by the Department of Defense and Mine Safety Health Administration for blast protection. In addition it has approval from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for repair of Gas and Oil Pipelines worldwide. With its impressive history, and the lasting benefits of carbon fiber, basement contractors are more confident in their ability to provide a service that they can now stand behind.
Basement contractors agree with carbon fiber kit pricing
Basement contractors agree that the price of the StrongHold repair kits is of excellent value when compared to competitors. The Stronghold bowing wall kits contain primer epoxies to double adhesion strength to the substrate, or 700-psi, as well as all consumables and equipment required for installation. Competitor kits contain only the carbon fiber and bonding resin. When factoring in the purchase of the tools to complete the job, the StrongHold carbon fiber bowing wall repair kit is 25% less expensive than competitor's kits.
When considering the StrongHold crack repair kit, basement contractors know that the carbon fabric offers substantial strengthening in comparison to competitors' products. The carbon fabric provides fiber in both the horizontal and vertical directions to confine every inch of the crack and extends six inches on either side of the damage. Competitor products are "stapled" one-inch on every one-foot of the crack. The staple approach only offers 2,000 pounds of tensile strength per foot of crack, while the Stronghold carbon fabric offers 20 times that strength, or 40,000 pounds per foot of crack. Basement contactors are also impressed by the fact that carbon crack repair fabric is surface bonded, while competitor products are drilled and inserted into the wall. When compared to the industry competition, basement contractors agree that the benefits of the Stronghold Crack Repair kit far outweighs those of the competitors systems.
The benefits of carbon fiber repair kits include: easy installation, affordable pricing, and proven strength. For these reasons, contractors are using the StrongHold bowing wall kit, the Stronghold crack repair kit and the Stronghold floor stitching repair kits, to gain an edge in their industry.
