Bowtie from helifix for restraining bowed walls helifix. Fixing solutions are available for timber frame construction, securing masonry directly to inner leaf blocks or panels, extending or securing new walls to existing walls and fixing timber or mdf to masonry. Jul 10, 2012 contains all the necessary components for effective and reliable stitching of cracked masonry. Suitable for most substrates including concrete, brick, stone and blocks.
Crack stitching is a method of repairing and stabilising cracked masonry using helibars 6mm diameter bonded into cut slots with helibond cementitious grout masonry may move and crack as a result of movement in foundation soils, seismic activity and cyclical wet and dry, hot and cold environmental conditions. We also offer fully accredited cpd courses on masonry repairs to engineering and. Protectahome are approved specialist installers of helifix sockfix anchors. Crack stitching bars matrix industries matrix industries. Helifix crack repair stitching products to stabilise cracked. The best grout i have used for brick stitching having tried the alternatives. Repair around external door frames screwfix community forum. The helifix crack stitching system was also used on the large commercial building pictured crack stitching repairs designed to restore integrity to sections of cracked brickwork around this building had been underway for several weeks prior to the june earthquake and following the buildings closure on the day of the devastating m6. Kit contains 10 x helical crack stitching bars 1m x 6mm 5 x. Heliprimer a sealing membrane for helibond helifix. Where cracks are less than 500mm from an external corner or an opening, at least 100mm should be bent round the corner and bonded into.
Concrete crack injection repair an epoxy sealing system kit for repairing vertical and horizontal cracks in concrete walls, floors, columns, beams and lintels. Helifix helibond crack repair grey 3ltr structural. Austenitic stainless steel helical reinforcing bars. John heseltine, technical manager at helifix explains how to use the crack stitching kit. Where cracks are less than 500mm from an external corner or an opening, at least 100mm should be bent round the corner and bonded into the return. Product data sheet pdscs01 crack stitching a reliable and costeffective means of repairing and stabilizing cracked masonry helibar is inserted into the helibond grout within the cut slot. It is based on the installation of highgrade stainless steel helical bars and special grouts. Crack stitching for the repair of cracked masonry by helifix. Crack stitching is a method of repairing and stabilising cracked masonry using helibars 6mm diameter bonded into cut slots with helibond cementitious grout. Our specialist team are able to utilise the mechanically grouted sock anchor system for a variety of applications including stabilising rubble filled walls, providing lateral restraint, securing parapet walls and crack stitching. Repair cracked brickwork helifix crack stitching box kit. Crack stitching is a masonry repair technique that reconnects and reinforces cracked walls. This kit contains all the necessary components to permanently repair vertical or stepped cracks in masonry. Crack stitching walls is a cost effective remedy for repairing cracked brickwork and masonry.
Austenitic stainless steel grade 304 or 316 diameter. Extremely simple to install during construction, the helibeam system uses helibar reinforcing bars which bond with the mortarmasonry to become an integral and unseen part of the structure by forming reinforced. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x 80mm 10 pack. The helifix crack stitching kit contains the necessary components for the effective and reliable stitching of cracked masonry.
May 24, 2012 john heseltine, technical manager at helifix explains how to use the crack stitching kit. Repair cracked brickwork helifix crack stitching box kit helifix. Powatwist crack stitching kit repair bars 6 x mm toolstation. Helifix stitching system mr crack fix wall stitching. Hi, i am currently looking after an old livery stable. Mr crack fix is an approved installer of the helifix stitching system. Crack stitching kit 20 x crack stitching bars 1m x 6mm pam. They are also inexpensive and wont cause any further damage to the wall. Under conditions such as these, crack stitching contributes improved masonry stability and the redistribution of tensile loads and wall movement to help minimise the chance of crack development. Assuming that the cracking has not changed significantly over the past 5 years or more, i would recommend providing a reliable permanent reinstatement of structural integrity using a helifix crack stitching kit.
Crack stitching stainless steel helibars in 4, 5, 6 or 8mm diameter are used with helibond grout to stabilise cracked masonry. Helifix crack stitching provides a quick, simple, effective and permanent means of stabilising cracked masonry. Rated 5 out of 5 by urban from great stuff bought this few weeks ago. Crack stitching lengths of helical helibar extending 500mm either side of the crack are bonded into cut slots, normally the mortar beds, with helibond grout for a reliable and permanent solution. At screwfix, given the level of unknown disruption to our delivery service in eu countries, we have taken the decision to temporarily stop taking orders until further notice.
Information relating to your orders and your personal details can be viewed in your account section. A brick pin fixing kit with everything needed for concealed masonry stitching. Installation involves bonding stainless steel helibars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots in bricks, blocks or stonework, using helibond cementitious grout. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x 80mm 10 pack 84070 stabilise cracked masonry by bonding helibar stainless steel rods into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. Crack stitching for the repair of cracked masonry by helifix helifix crack stitching repairs and stabilises cracked masonry using stainless steel helibars bonded into cut slots with helibond grout for a quick, simple, effective and permanent solution. Stabilise cracked masonry by bonding helibar stainless steel rods into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. Hope that helps, screwfix sell the ties and resin too bcos are happy with helifix gear, have done some crack stitching on a couple of barns too that was dead easy and worked a treat synthesiser, apr 12, 2006. Fully concealed and nondestructive, this is cost effective and more reliable that crack injection methods.
The crack stitching kit is supplied with all the components to repair the crack quickly and. Kit also includes crackstitching gun, stainless steel nozzle, mixing paddle and a finger. In shorter 1m lengths, helibars are used individually to perform reliable and permanent crack stitching. Continue mixing until all the above grout has been mixed. The helifix system is a fast and cost effective solution to a wide range of common structural faults. Cracked masonry is best stabilised by bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. My question is that helifix is over twice the cost of permagard. Discussion in builders talk started by john jl services, feb, 2014. Stainless steel helical bars are widely used for masonry repairs, crack stitching and general brickwork reinforcement. With helibond grout, excellent bond strength is produced within the masonry, and the chance of the crack developing or new cracks appearing nearby is. My elderly parents had the builders round on monday to fit 5 helifix bars 1 x 11m, 4 x 7. Rated 4 out of 5 by strangebike from repairs cracks like a champ ensure that you read the product selection as it covers the whole kit and replacement parts. Kit containing all the components needed for the repair of cracks in masonry walls.
Powatwist crack stitching kit repair bars 6 x mm 10 pack is rated 3. Helibar starts as round stainless steel wire with a typical 0. Helifix crack repair helibond 3ltr 220 x 270mm is rated 5. Helifix bars how long would it take to fit them and at what. Bowtie is a long stainless steel retrofit helical tie used for stabilizing bowing bulging walls, without any external plates, by securing and anchoring them to internal floor and ceiling joists. After securing all the stable door frames with masonry bolts frame fixing are not strong enough as the horses push the frames loose. Lengths of helibar extending 500mm either side of the crack are bonded into cut slots, normally the mortar beds, with helibond grout or polyplus resin for a reliable and permanent solution.
Product data sheet pdscs01 crack stitching helifix. Jul 05, 2019 hi, new to the forum, so gday to you all, not sure if this is in the right section, but i am about to do a couple of cracked walls with one of these helibar crack stitching kits that come with the bars and resin. Lengths of helibar extending 500mm either side of the crack are bonded into cut slots, normally the mortar beds, with helibond grout or resin for a reliable and permanent solution. Helifix sockfix anchor protectahome helifix approved. Standard bowties are recommended when installing into joist ends.
Installation involves bonding stainless steel helibars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots in bricks, blocks or stonework, using helibond cementitious grout helibar and helibond combine to produce an excellent bond within the substrate. This video demonstrates how to install helical bars as a retrofit masonry. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x 80mm 10 pack 84070 product rating 4. Helifix is continually developing a range of wall ties, which accommodate modern methods of construction. Helifix bars how long would it take to fit them and at. Helifix crack repair stitching products to stabilise. Free expert advice, trade prices and next day uk delivery buy now. Tensile loads are redistributed along the masonry to minimise further developments of the crack. The stainless steel helical bars are placed into horizontal slots, which are cut into the mortar bed joints across the crack and then grouted into place using permacem grout. Experts in the remedial market have designed the kits contents, guaranteeing the correct specification of reinforcing bar, grout and installation tools required for this application and the compatibility of all components. Select the standard kit for 10 crack stitching bars and 3l grout or the mini kit for 5 helical reinforcement bars and 1.
Helifix crack stitching repairs and stabilises cracked masonry using stainless steel helibars bonded into cut slots with helibond grout for a quick, simple, effective and permanent solution. Thor helical crack stitching kit the high strength, nondisruptive solution for the permanent repair of cracked masonry. Bonds helibar stainless bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots, stabilises masonry and redistributes tensile loads to minimise any further development of the crack. Kits are available containing 10 lengths of 6mm helibar. Repairs carried out using this crack stitching kit system will stabilise the structure, provide resistance against further cracking. I use helifix all the time an iv used twist fix and id say helifix hands down crack stitching with the helirods an helifix is peace of cake be shore to wash out the cuts. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 80mm x 1m 10 pack 84070. The builders had been employed to do remedial subsidence work to a crack at the corner of the house due to a collapsed soil pipe by the insurance company and agreed to do the additional work, recommending helifix rather than proper lintels, as they said this would be. The cracking looks relatively minor, so any measures taken are likely not to have significantly detrimental effects.
Permagards crack stitching kit contains all the components needed to repair vertical or stepped cracks in masonry walls. Helifix australia supplies the australian construction industry with a range of construction ties, fixings and masonry repair and reinforcement systems, providing solutions for modern masonry repair and reinforcement and commonly occuring structural faults. Heavy duty masonry stitching bars are bonded into predrilled holes to stitch cracks in masonry or to bond together crosswalls. Rake out or cut slots into the horizontal mortar beds, a minimum of 20. The helibeam system is an ideal means of costeffectively providing new masonry structures with reliable, long term, engineered reinforcement. Wall ties, damp proofing and basement waterproofing twistfix.
Crack stitching repairs carried out using this kit will stabilise the structure, provide resistance against further cracking and restore the structural integrity of the masonry. Our selection of crack repair products is designed to make sure that everything is instantly available to meet the unique needs of your company. Powatwist crack stitching kit 3l repair grout is rated 3. Manufactured from stainless, austenitic steel of 6mm diameter in any length from 1m to 10m. Brickfix masonry crack repair kit 6mm wall stitching kit. Hi, new to the forum, so gday to you all, not sure if this is in the right section, but i am about to do a couple of cracked walls with one of these helibar crack stitching kits that come with the bars and resin. Suitable for connecting walls and repairing cracks in brick and stone structures. Twistfix supplies a range of masonry reinforcement products including stainless steel helical bars that stitch across the fractures to strengthen and repair cracks. A 10 bar professional crack stitching kit with everything needed for repairing cracks in walls. The builders had been employed to do remedial subsidence work to a crack at the corner of the house due to a collapsed soil pipe by the insurance company and agreed to do the additional work, recommending helifix rather than proper lintels, as they said.
Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x 80mm 10 pack 84070 product rating. Bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slot stabilises the masonry and redistributes tensile loads. Crack stitching kit 10 x crack stitching bars 1m x 6mm. Masonry may move and crack as a result of movement in foundation soils, seismic activity and cyclical wet and dry, hot and cold environmental conditions. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x 80mm 10 pack 84070. Matrix grouting mortar, a special grouting mortar, is specifically prepared to meet the requirements of the matrix crack stitching bars, enabling a firstrate binding integration of the steel into the selected masonry. The crack stitching kit is supplied with all the components to repair the crack quickly and efficiently with the minimum of disruption. The metal stitching kit allows cracks in masonry to be stabilised by bonding brickfix helical bars into slots cut into the walls mortar course using specially formulated brickfix ce1 grout. Helifix crack stitching repairs and stabilizes cracked masonry using helical stainless steel helibars bonded into cut slots with helibond grout for a quick, simple, effective and permanent solution. Repairs using the permagard crack stitching kit are made quickly with the minimum of disruption. Thor helical masonry crack stitching system robert newman. Bonds helibar stainless bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots, stabilises masonry and. Experts in the remedial market have designed the kit s contents, guaranteeing the correct specification of reinforcing bar, grout and installation tools required for this application and the compatibility of all components.
Helifix helibar helical stainless steel reinforcing bar mm. Helifix helibar helical stainless steel reinforcing bar. Helifix helibond crack repair grey 3ltr 26578 stabilise cracked masonry by bonding helibar stainless steel rods into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. Using the helifix pointing gun kit, inject a bead of helibond along the back of the slot. Where cracks are less than 500mm from an external corner or an opening, at least 100mm should be bent round the corner and bonded into the return wall. Thor helical masonry crack stitching system youtube. Under seismic conditions, helifix crack stitching contributes further by adding strength to areas that might otherwise act as paths of least resistance. Bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slot stabilises the masonry and redistributes tensile loads to minimise further development of the crack. Stabilise cracked masonry by bonding helibar stainless steel rods into appropriate. The brickfix masonry crack stitching kit offers a fast and costeffective solution for crack repair in masonry walls. Crack stitching a reliable and costeffective means of repairing and stabilizing cracked masonry. Kit contains 10 x helical crack stitching bars 1m x.
Of particular interest are its nonintrusive and nondisruptive qualities. The brickfix wall crack repair kit offers a fast and costeffective solution for crack repair in masonry walls. Suitable for use in stitching all types of cracked brick, block and. The bowtie range can be used as a walldiaphragm anchorage in seismic upgrades. Tech sheet 1 helifix helibar helical stainless steel reinforcing bar mm one piece add to quote list.
Fully concealed, nondestructive and more reliable than crack injection methods. The high strength, nondisruptive solution for the permanent repair of cracked masonry. The system allows cracks in walls to be stabilised by bonding ce marked brickfix helical crack stitching bars into slots cut into the walls mortar course using specially formulated brickfix grouts. Crack stitching kits crack stitching bars permagard. Clean out slots and flush clean with water and thoroughly soak the substrate within the slot.
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