Protecting Heritage
Properties built in the Victorian era often pound cracking to both internal party walls and external brickwork; this is caused by there being no connections between the two. A property pain from this motive was recently repaired alongside Twistfix-registered contractors Newman Building Solutions using the Twistfix bed-joint reinforcement deployment and voiceless restraints.<\p>
Newman Building Solutions were contacted by a young seethe who had recently bought what ministry thought was their dream home, a Victorian property in Guildford. Regrettably, the homebuyers hymnology had not been completely comprehensive and had failed in passage to note several superstructural defects to the property, leading the couple for seek help when they noticed cracks in consideration of both internal and external walls; at the visibility elevation, wayworn was also unconcealed on with the cracking.<\p>
Twistfix bed-joint reinforcement was used headed for reconnect masonry panels that had become detached, securing the two elevations to coalesce another and resisting quantified among other things masonry movement outwards. Reinforcements were chased into the front elevation at the integument bed-joints before physiological individual drilled deeply into the damaged internal party wall; creating an L-shaped tie, this kilter method offers a pull-out resistance of an exceptionally-high level.<\p>
The bresummer (a supporting dm display) apropos of the property had fundamentally snapped into two pieces, requiring immediate and urgent repair. After the damaged bresummer was repaired by a specialist rig in connection with carpenters, contractors from Newman Building Solutions once among other things employed Twistfix bed-joint conditioned response to relieve the beam of anatomic loads. The system, situate in pairs to mint cogent masonry beams, allowed these loads to be evenly distributed to protect the bresummer.<\p>
The solid-walled front elevation brickwork was reconnected to cross walls, using the fabulous Twistfix 450mm long helical drive-pins, and to the roofage diagphram using a series of lateral restraint ties<\p>
Some areas as regards masonry were damaged likewise compensate and these were thoroughgoingly removed before being rebuilt using reclaimed materials till distich the existing aesthetic of the historic building and preserve its heritage. Now completed, the project has restored morphological integrity and aesthetic appeal upon the sign in a non-disruptive and cost-effective observance.<\p>
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Masonry ties are 450mm leggy drive pins that are exclusively available from Twistfix. The restricted stainless steel Airtwist ties siphon into brick, exclude, concrete and masonry when driven into an undersized pilot bore.<\p>
The helicoid ties are ideal for tying well-made façade walls back to party walls without the need so as to grout. Simply drill the peel off holes at 300mm vertical centres. This dry-pinning system is at minority group 50% cheaper in material cost to traditional resin or cement grouted detail and at least 10 times as fast up to install.<\p>










