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A wall reinforcing system is provided for strengthening of walls formed of masonry or from wood, metal or other structural materials. A basic system comprises utilization of rigid, fiber reinforced polymer plates of a length to extend substantially the full vertical heigth of the wall. These plates

A wall reinforcing system is provided for strengthening of walls formed of masonry or from wood, metal or other structural materials. A basic system comprises utilization of rigid, fiber reinforced polymer plates of a length to extend substantially the full vertical heigth of the wall. These plates incorporate a plurality of filamentary fibers of length to extend the full length of a plate with these fibers formed from carbon, glass or other material exhibiting high tensile strength and are affixed in a cured polymer matrix. A number of these plates are securely fixed to a wall in spaced parallel relationship by a resin bonding agent or by mechanical fastening devices, or by a combination of both. A plate may include a plurality of plates secured in stacked, superposed relationship and ridgidly secured together by a resin bonding agent into a unitary structure. A second system utilizes one or more sheets of flexible fabric-like material that is fabricated with tows of high tensile strength filamentary fibers of carbon, glass or other material. This fabric-like material is secured to the wall by a resin bonding agent with the tows vertically oriented thus utilizing their tensile strength for strengthening of the wall, either alone or in combination with the plates, and providing waterproofing.

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[ What is claimed is:] [23.] 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

[ What is claimed is:] [23.] 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; and(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.