wrote:
Looking at buying a house that has recently installed around the
entire basement the Reinforcer carbon fibre/Kevlar strips. The front
basement wall is bowed. The original homeowner says the bowing
occurred soon after building 18 years ago. It is only the front
(long) wall of the basement. All work was done by an authorized and
reputable company. The entire basement was also re-pointed.

The basement floor (slab separate from the cinder block wall) has
cracked as well. The cracks appear to be very old and there is no
displacement.

I've checked every window and door for being square and not binding.
Even the basement window is perfect. The lolly columns appear to be
in original position holding up 4 2x12 beams tied together. There is
no cracking at the base of the lolly columns nor any appearance of
movement where they meat the joist.

I've got a home inspector coming in next week. If he hints at any
movement of the structure I'll bring in a structural engineer. I can
still walk from the house if there are major problems.

Looking for comments on the Reinforcer system as well as any other
points you can suggest.

Thanks,
Andy

Curious because I did some of the early Kevlar R&D work although I'm a
chemist, not an engineer:
http://www.strongholdbasements.com/
This may hold but I would be concerned that original source of pressure
on wall was not removed.
Rule of thumb for me would be to find cost of doing the job right,
double it, and ask to have deducted from sales price.
As others point out, it is a strong buyers market.

Frank