Crack repair bars are simply and effectively grouted across cracks in walls to reconnect and strengthen masonry. Reinforcing external corners with crack stitching bars. Bonds helibar stainless bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots, stabilises masonry and redistributes tensile loads to. A series of helical bars, bent at a right angle, are bonded into slots with who60 polymer modified grout. After undertaking a structural survey, we proposed crack stitching using bonded helibar. Twistfix supplies a range of masonry reinforcement products including stainless steel helical bars that stitch across the fractures to strengthen and repair cracks. 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.
Helibar starts as round stainless steel wire with a typical 0. 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. In some cases, use of the helibeam system in conjunction with concrete pads under the building corners, or at selected points, minimises the need for expensive and extremely disruptive mass underpinning. Helifix crack repair stitching products to stabilise. Select the standard kit for 10 crack stitching bars and 3l grout. The brickfix masonry crack stitching kit offers a fast and costeffective solution for crack repair in masonry walls. Permagards crack stitching kit contains all the components needed to repair vertical or stepped cracks in masonry walls. Jun 18, 2012 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. Helifix bars how long would it take to fit them and at what. My elderly parents had the builders round on monday to fit 5 helifix bars 1 x 11m, 4 x 7.
Mixing paddle, pointing trowel, and pointing gun are also included. Crack stitching stainless steel helibars in 4, 5, 6 or 8mm diameter are used with helibond grout to stabilise cracked masonry. 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. Crack stitching for the repair of cracked masonry by helifix. Kit contains 10 x helical crack stitching bars 1m x 6mm 5 x. Fixing solutions are available for timber frame construction, securing masonry directly to inner leaf blocks or panels, extending or securing new walls to.
Cracked masonry is best stabilised by bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. The high strength, nondisruptive solution for the permanent repair of cracked masonry. Brickfix masonry crack repair kit 6mm wall stitching kit. 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.
Great axial strength yet creates no additional stresses. Generates high tensile strength with mortar and helibond grout. 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. Crack stitching bars thor helical wall ties helical. Helifix stitching system mr crack fix wall stitching. Kit contains 10 x helical crack stitching bars 1m x 8mm 5 x. 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. The thor crack stitching kit includes everything needed to reconnect and reinforce cracked brickwork and masonry in all types of cracked brick, block, stone and other types of masonry. Powatwist crack stitching kit repair bars 6 x mm 10 pack is rated 3. My question is that helifix is over twice the cost of permagard. High tensile crack stitching bars are bonded into slots made in masonry to stitch across cracks in walls.
Crack stitching is a masonry repair technique that reconnects and reinforces cracked walls. The structural repair system integrates the axial strength and elasticity of thor helical bars with the properties of who60 grout to enhance the tensile, shear and flexural capacity of masonry walls. Bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slot stabilises the masonry and redistributes tensile. Kit contains ten 6mm x 1m helical crack stitching bars together with one 3 litre pack of brickfix ce1 grout. Crack stitching kit 10 x crack stitching bars 1m x 6mm. New from ancon, the staifixthor helical crack stitching kit is a high strength, nondisruptive solution for the permanent repair of cracked masonry.
Crack stitching kit includes 10 crack stitching bars, 3 liter pail of who60 grout, mixing paddle, mortar gun with nozzle, repair motar mix, and repointing tools. Using the helifix pointing gun kit, inject a bead of helibond along the back of the slot. Cracked masonry is best stabilized by bonding helibar helical stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots, in bricks, blocks or. Crack stitching kit new york masonry helical ties, masonry. 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.
Repairs carried out using this crack stitching kit system will stabilise the structure, provide resistance against further cracking and restore the structural integrity of the masonry. 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. The system allows cracks in walls to be stabilised by bonding ce marked brickfix helical crack stitching bars into slots cut into the walls. It is inserted and bonded with helifix helibond high performance thixotropic nonshrink grout into mortar joints or specially cut slots in the masonry.
Tensile forces are redistributed along the full length. May 24, 2012 john heseltine, technical manager at helifix explains how to use the crack stitching kit. Crack stitching kit 10 x crack stitching bars 1m x 8mm. Repoint the mortar bed and make good the vertical crack with crackbond te3. Crack stitching bars matrix industries matrix industries. 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. 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.
Thus, helifix india proposed the following solutions to restore the structural integrity. They are also inexpensive and wont cause any further damage to the wall. Mr crack fix is an approved installer of the helifix stitching system. Combined with tying, pinning and crack stitching, the helibeam system will restore full structural integrity. Our website is still open for business as usual, we are complying with government advice and our store is closed. Helibar reinforcing steel bar for masonry repair and new. 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. Helifix helibar helical stainless steel reinforcing bar. 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 system components.
Ideal for either the remedial specialist or the contractor with a oneoff repair job, the kit contains staifixthor helical reinforcing bars, cementitious grout, a paddle for grout mixing, a grout. 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. Extremely economical compared with alternative methods. Helibar bonded into appropriate bed joints or cut slots with helibond grout is the solution to the problem of stabilising cracked masonry. Crack stitching reintroduces structural integrity and redistributes structural loads for a quick, simple, effective and permanent solution. The bars form layers of concealed reinforcement for stitching cracks at a corner of a building, wrapping around the corner to improve buttressing. Suitable for use in stitching all types of cracked brick, block and masonry. Tensile loads are redistributed along the masonry to minimise further. This kit contains all the necessary components to permanently repair vertical or stepped cracks in masonry. Helifix is continually developing a range of wall ties, which accommodate modern methods of construction.
Kits are available containing 10 lengths of 6mm helibar. 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. John heseltine, technical manager at helifix explains how to use the crack stitching kit. Any orders placed over this troubling period will be dispatched as soon as the restrictions have been lifted. Thor helical crack stitching kit the high strength, nondisruptive solution for the permanent repair of cracked masonry. Who60 is a polymer modified grout that has been specifically formulated to bond crack stitching bars in masonry walls. Helifix crack repair stitching products to stabilise cracked. A 10 bar professional crack stitching kit with everything needed for repairing cracks in walls. Crack stitching bars provide a permanent solution for masonry repairs and cracked wall reinforcement to suit vertical, stepped or corner cracks in masonry. Helibar provides reinforcement that accommodates normal differential building movement and avoids additional stresses being imposed on the building fabric.
The stepped and tapered cracks were stitched with individual 6mm helibar, bonded into mortar beds with helibond cementitious grout on both the faces internally and. Repair cracked brickwork helifix crack stitching box kit. Helifix crack repair helibar cardboard tube cw end caps 1m x. Crack stitching walls is a cost effective remedy for repairing cracked brickwork and masonry. 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 cracked masonry is best stabilised by bonding helibar stainless steel bars into appropriate bed joints or cut slots. 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. 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. Grade 304 high tensile stainless steel with unique helical design great axial strength combined with flexibility allowing natural structural movement extremely quick, simple and economical to install minimal disruption to the buildings fabric or occupants. The mille great west road brentford london tw8 9dw tel. Manufactured from stainless, austenitic steel of 6mm diameter in any length from 1m to 10m. The helifix crack stitching kit contains the necessary components for the effective and reliable stitching of cracked masonry.
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