Hi all...

I hope someone out there can understand my situation and give me some advice. I have a very old garage with terra-cotta walls that are buckling in... possibly due to hydrostatic/soil pressure, or possible a large tree root. The garage has been standing for 60 years, and according to the previous owner, has not buckled more while he was there.

I would like to create a precautionary brace for the roof, in case the buckling inwards continues. My idea is to use 4 4x4's on each side of the garage, anchored to the concrete floor, and bolted into the rafters along the wall. Anybody think this sounds like a viable idea? If so, I am also having trouble finding a decent way of securing the 4x4's to the concrete -- I've looked into metal brackets, but most of them involve cementing in an anchor bolt to the floor.

Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated! If need be, I can try and draw up a picture if that helps.
Thanks!

You can secure the brackets to the concrete with a screw called a capcon, drill a hole and screw the capcon directly into the concrete and then secure the brackets to the 4x4 with bolts or lag screws.

Tapcon Buildex Tapcon® (http://www.buildextapcon.com/). It sounds like you are creating 4 legs for the corner of the roof in case the walls buckle further. This will only add a very slight amount of support, thing as large as you might picture in your mind. You would need to add two diagonal supports to each of the 3 walls to keep this structure standing.

Part of this wall must be below grade. Can you post a picture?