TL;DR
A wall anchor is a foundation repair device that braces a bowing basement wall by connecting a steel plate on the interior wall face, through a threaded rod, to an earth anchor buried in stable soil out in the yard. Tightening the rod transfers the soil pressure pushing the wall inward to the buried plate, halting movement, and incremental seasonal tightening can recover some of the deflection.
What it means
A wall anchor is a foundation repair device that braces a bowing basement wall by connecting a steel plate on the interior wall face, through a threaded rod, to an earth anchor buried in stable soil out in the yard. Tightening the rod transfers the soil pressure pushing the wall inward to the buried plate, halting movement, and incremental seasonal tightening can recover some of the deflection. It suits walls bowed up to roughly two inches with accessible yard space; helical tiebacks or interior bracing take over where the lot line is too close to set the anchor.
Where it sits in the glossary
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