How will you know when your cavity wall ties are failing? The answer is that it’s often the consequential damage that failing wall ties cause that’s the first sign something is wrong – i.e. horizontal bed joint cracking, brickwork cracking and bowing.
How will you know when your cavity wall ties are failing? The answer is that it’s often the consequential damage that failing wall ties cause that’s the first sign something is wrong – i.e. horizontal bed joint cracking, brickwork cracking and bowing.
These symptoms can be the result of a number of defects.
Horizontal bed joint cracking is mainly caused by corroding wall ties, bowing walls due to insufficient density or inadequate embedment. But if you notice bulging or cracking to your external brickwork walls it makes sense to call in an expert to identify the root cause of the problem.
Commonly in cavity wall constructed properties the issue can be traced back to wall tie corrosion, where the gradual expansion of the rusting ties to several times their original size results in the lifting action, cracking bed joints horizontally and cracking bricks.
Of course cracking and bulging occurs for a wide variety of reasons – so call in our surveyors, experts with years of experience, who are able to recognise the tell-tale signs of this or any other masonry defects your properties may have.
Their comprehensive report will identify the root causes of the problem and, where necessary, include easy to understand recommendations together with costs of carrying out the remedial works.
We are the specialists for the repair of all cavity wall tie problems and we cover London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex with our specialist contractors and surveyors.
To book a time for one of our surveyors to visit your property, call us today on 01227 721255, email us atenquiries@actionwallties.co.uk or use our contact form to get in touch.
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Here at Ebco we specialise in high-end projects, where the detail really matters, we’ve even won an award or two for our efforts and Chris and his team at Action Wall Ties fit right in to this environment. I’ve trusted Chris with our client’s properties for years for two simple reasons. Firstly the quality and care of their workmanship, and secondly their uncanny ability to find innovative solutions to complex problems that have saved my clients both time and money on numerous occasions.