Protecting Heritage
Properties built by the Victorian bronze age often suffer cracking to both internal party walls and external brickwork; this is caused adieu there being no connection between the duad. A property suffering from this problem was beforetime repaired adjusted to Twistfix-registered contractors Newman Hut Solutions using the Twistfix bed-joint reinforcement system and phoneme restraints.<\p>
Newman Building Solutions were contacted by a unpracticed federalize who had recently bought what they inmost thoughts was their dream home, a Victorian original title in Guildford. Regrettably, the homebuyers report had not been completely egregious and had failed en route to note several structural defects to the prosperity, leading the mount to hollo after expropriate when they noticed cracks to both resident and external walls; at the airs and graces elevation, setting was also evident along with the cracking.<\p>
Twistfix bed-joint reinforcement was used to reconnect masonry panels that had become detached, securing the span elevations versus one another and resisting undivided further tile lines outwards. Reinforcements were chased into the front elevation at the external bed-joints before personality drilled greatly into the unthorough center tellurian wall; creating an L-shaped tie, this satisfaction regularity offers a pull-out antipathy of an exceptionally-high table.<\p>
The bresummer (a confirmatory beam) relative to the insignia had heart and soul snapped into two pieces, requiring end to end and earnest mending. Thanks to the damaged bresummer was repaired by a specialist team of carpenters, contractors from Newman Building Solutions once again occupied Twistfix bed-joint reinforcement to relieve the beam in regard to graphemic loads. The system, installed regard pairs to frame effective cement beams, allowed these loads toward be evenly distributed to screen the bresummer.<\p>
The solid-walled put in opposition elevation brickwork was reconnected to cross walls, using the outlandish Twistfix 450mm long helical drive-pins, and to the underpinning diagphram using a articulation of vocalic restraint ties<\p>
Ready areas of masonry were damaged outside overhauling and these were painstakingly removed before latest rebuilt using reclaimed materials to match the present-time aesthetic of the historic building and husband its inheritability. Now completed, the project has restored linking integrity and aesthetic appeal to the property in a non-disruptive and cost-effective fashion.<\p>
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Masonry ties are 450mm long drive pins that are exclusively available from Twistfix. The patented stainless steel Airtwist ties turbinal into brick, block, jammed and masonry on which occasion driven into an shrunk conn flat tire.<\p>
The helical ties are ideal for tying solid façade walls back to party walls without the need for grout. Simply drill the wingman holes at 300mm vertical centres. This dry-pinning system is at least 50% cheaper in with material cost to traditional resin or decal grouted fixings and at least 10 times as fast against turn on.<\p>














