Another of today’s Structural Repair Survey’s carried out to this building in London SE1, the property is suffering from cracked brick work in a number of places, the structural defects identified include bowing and cracked masonry due to a lack of lateral restraint aswell as failed pointing to large areas of the brickwork.
A large number of the bricks have been damaged by freeze thaw cycle and sections of the existing bricks have failed completely falling from the building putting members of the public at risk from severe injury.
Our repair scheme will include bed joint reinforcement using Twistfix helical bars, brick repairs using a high strength repair mortar and brick tinting techniques, large areas of the brick work will also be repointed.
Let us help with your Building and Structural repair needs by contacted us today on 0333 444 0154 or email us enquiries@newmans.com
The first survey of the day to investigate cracks to the brickwork on this large Victorian property.
Structural defects found include cracked brickwork, outward movement to two bay windows due to a lack of lateral restraints, cracked and sagging brick arch lintels caused by lintel failure.
Our repair scheme will include lateral restraint repairs and lintel repairs using a combination of Twistfix structural repair products as well as masonry grout injection and ‘re pointing.
To find out more how we can help you with your building and structural repairs contact our head office today on 0333 444 0154 or email us at enquiries@newmans.com
Newman’s were called upon by a commercial property management company who own various trading estates across London.
Many trading estates in London are still Victorian brick built structures that have stood the test of time and are still fully functional. The masonry construction of most of these structures is built using 13 inch solid masonry laid in English bond using lime mortar. This type of construction is a strong bond which will allow slight movement.
We were called out to attend site as a matter of urgency due to the crack rapidly widening and in some places was over 10mm’s wide. We carried out a structural survey free of charge the same day and designed a repair specification that would restore the structural integrity without any major disruption to the business operating in the building.
Crack Repairs, North London
We used our own mobile scaffold tower alleviating the need for traditional scaffolding enabling us to be on site just two days after the initial survey.
To repair the crack in the brickwork we installed 14 No masonry beams across the crack which was drilled back into the left and right pillars. This method of crack repair not only crack stitches but distributes the loads imposed and distributes them across the masonry preventing further cracking.
Crack Repairs, North London
The parapet wall was secured using 1.5m grout ties which were installed vertically down through the brick work which saved huge costs in a rebuild.
The repair was guaranteed against failure for 10 years. The repairs lasted only 2 days allowing the business to remain fully operational.
