Reach past the soil that is doing the pushing.
A helical tieback screws through the wall and the pressure zone behind it into deep, stable ground, then holds the wall against a plate, with the installation torque proving the grip before any load goes on.
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What to know about tieback anchors, and when it's the right call.
Lateral soil pressure is relentless but local: the soil shoving the wall is the shallow material directly behind it, saturated and swollen, while the ground farther back and deeper down is stable. A tieback exploits that difference. The crew drills a small opening through the wall, then rotates the helical anchor through it at a downward angle. The screw plates pull the shaft through the active pressure zone and into the deep, undisturbed soil beyond, with the drive head logging torque the whole way. Since torque tracks soil resistance, the crew keeps advancing until the readings show the anchor can resist the design load. A steel plate is then mounted on the wall face and the tieback is tensioned against it. From that moment the wall is in a tug of war it cannot lose: the swelling clay pushes, and the anchor, gripped in ground that is not moving, pulls back. Tension can be adjusted over time, which often allows gradual straightening.
The symptoms that usually lead to tieback anchors are on the foundation repair problem signs page, alongside the other signs that point to the same underlying cause.
How we install tieback anchors.
Free evaluation with deflection measurements
We measure how far the wall has moved, identify the lateral pressure source, and confirm tiebacks are the right tool rather than carbon fiber reinforcement, plate anchors, or I-beam bracing. You get the findings in writing.
Anchor layout and design
Tieback locations, angles, and target capacities are planned from the deflection map and the soil conditions so the wall is held evenly.
Drill and drive
Small openings are drilled through the wall, and each helical anchor is rotated through the pressure zone into deep stable soil while the crew logs torque to verify its grip.
Plate and tension
Steel wall plates are mounted and each tieback is tensioned to stop the movement, with the load spread so the wall is supported rather than stressed.
Verify and set the adjustment plan
Baseline measurements are recorded, and where straightening is the goal, a staged retensioning schedule is set so the wall can be drawn back gradually.
Pulling your wall back to plumb.
A steel anchor screws through the soil that is pushing your wall over, and locks into the stable ground far behind it. The wall is then tensioned back against that anchor, which holds it in place.
Tieback Anchors on a real project.
A helical tieback screws through the wall and the pressure zone behind it into deep, stable ground, then holds the wall against a plate, with the installation torque proving the grip before any load goes on.
Care and expertise from a team that's been doing this since 2011.
When the fix is tieback anchors, the installer matters as much as the method. Dalinghaus crews handle foundation, concrete, and crawl space work across California, Arizona, and Nevada, and nothing else.
Foundation repair, concrete leveling, and crawl space repair are our entire focus. Not a sideline.
More than 2,000 projects on the clay and desert soils of California, Arizona, and Nevada since 2011.
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Warranty terms come in writing with every proposal, and the terms that apply to your job are stated in that job's paperwork. Ask your project specialist during the free evaluation.
Answers to common questions about Tieback Anchors.
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The installation itself is the test. Torque readings during driving correlate with the soil's grip on the anchor, so each tieback is advanced until the numbers show it can resist the load it is assigned. No plate is tensioned against an anchor that has not proven itself.
Other foundation repair solutions we install.
Every solution is engineered for a specific soil profile and failure mode. Browse the full toolkit.
Carbon Fiber Reinforcement
Carbon fiber straps bond to a stressed foundation wall and refuse to stretch, so the wall that was slowly losing to soil pressure simply stops moving.
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Deep Foundation Systems
Deep foundation systems skip the surface soil entirely and stand your structure on strata that stopped moving long ago, with each element proving its capacity as it goes in.
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Epoxy & Polyurethane Crack Injection
Epoxy welds a structural crack back into one piece; polyurethane chases water through a wet one and seals it shut. Choosing correctly between them is most of the repair.
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Foundation Underpinning
Underpinning does not patch a settling foundation, it reaches underneath and hands the load to soil that stopped moving long before your house was built.
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Grout Injection (Chemical Grouting)
Chemical grouting injects grout directly into weak, loose ground, bonding the particles into a soil that can finally carry what sits on it, no excavation required.
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Helical Deck Piers
Helical deck piers screw galvanized steel down past the surface clay that heaves and shrinks with the seasons, so your deck stands on ground that has stopped arguing with the weather.
Learn moreFrom free evaluation to installed tieback anchors.
How a tieback anchors project moves from diagnosis to completed installation.
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Our crews complete the work on schedule, with the findings and scope in writing from the first visit.
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