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Block walls. There is no rebar or coment currently in there since it wasn't code when the house was built in the 70's.

Would that fix the bowing action of the wall by digging out and filling in sand? Would the bowing wall fall back into place by doing this? Would I need to rebar and cement if it was dug out and filled with sand?

I have a 48 foot foundation wall in the basement that is bowing. It is cracked approximately 46 feet horizontally. The crack appears to be at ground level, slightly below the windows. I also have some old moisture in the perpendicular corners of this wall and the other 2 walls. Other than...