Wall reinforcing and waterproofing system and method of fabrication

A method of reinforcing a wall, said wall having an interior wall surface, against a force having a component substantially perpendicular to the wall, the method comprising:

• (a) disposing a first major surface of a composite plate, said plate made of a cured polymer matrix reinforced by embedded fibers, in a substantially parallel orientation relative to the interior wall surface and facing the interior wall surface;
• (b) applying adhesive to at least one of said surfaces;
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• (c) forcing the first major surface of the plate against the interior wall surface to mechanically mount the plate in a facing relationship to the interior wall surface with the adhesive interposed between the plate and the wall in a layer.

A reinforced wall made of at least two substantially parallel rows of blocks adhered together to form the wall, said rows having a first course abutted by a floor and a second course resting immediately upon the first course, said reinforced wall comprising:

• (a) at least one elongated, rigid, fiber-reinforced polymer plate having longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers embedded within said plate, said plate having a first major surface rigidly secured in a substantially vertical orientation against an interior surface of the wall for mechanically strengthening the wall against a force having a component perpendicular to the wall applied to an opposite, exterior surface of the wall, said plate having a length substantially equal to the height of the wall;
• (b) an adhesive interposed as a layer between said plate's first major surface and the interior surface of the wall;
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• (c) an L-shaped plate having first and second transverse legs, the first leg seating against and rigidly mounted to the floor, the second leg seating against a lower end of the fiber reinforced polymer plate, said second leg extending from said floor to above a lower edge of the second course of blocks for resisting movement of the second course of blocks caused by the force applied to the exterior surface of the wall.