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bowed wall correction

den77
10 years ago

Hi all,
I usualy don't post on the forums, but this time i am just out of ideas and would really appreciate any advice.

Our house has a bowed wall with about 3.5 inch deflection measured by plumb tool�
The wall is cracked in several spots, some cracks are fixed and some are not� After months of research and estimates
we are thinking to correct this by installing (i-beams, also called power braces.) The size of the brace is 4x2 � inches.
My question is will I be able to frame this?
The basement is finished and I will need to add studs and drywall it. Since the ibeam is 4 inches and it would need to be flushed with the wall, can I use 2x6 studs to re-frame that wall?
Or maybe someone here had similar situation and I would greatly appreciate any feedback for this issue.
thanks
den

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