Can you bend Helifix bars?
Using HeliBar 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 or bent and fixed into the reveal, avoiding any DPC membrane.
What is a Helibeam?
The Helibeam System comprises the installation of horizontal bed-joint reinforcement into masonry that has cracked and failed due to ground movement, component failure, weathering or increased loads and stresses. It works by tying the masonry together to create deep masonry beams which distribute structural loads.
How do you repair a cracked structural wall?
Because of the risks they pose to your home and loved ones, structural cracks should be fixed by a competent foundation repair contractor as soon as possible. The most common method of repairing them is installing carbon fiber strips or reinforcing steel beams to the damaged walls.
What are stitching bars?
Helically twisted crack stitching bars are used to reconnect and reinforce cracked masonry walls and brickwork. These 6mm profilled and twisted stainless steel bars are bonded across cracks in a wall to increase the tensile and flexural strength of masonry.
Do cracks in walls indicate a structural problem?
Large, jagged, or diagonal cracks could indicate a structural problem. Likewise, cracks wider than one-quarter inch indicate a potential problem with the home’s structure. These cracks warrant bringing in a reputable builder or engineer to inspect your home’s structure and pinpoint the cause.
What is considered a structural crack?
Structural cracks are caused by a variety of issues, like poor soil bearing, overloading, swollen soil, and poor construction sites. Structural cracks usually have some tell-tale signs. These cracks can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or appear like a staircase.
What kind of ties does Helifix make?
Helifix has developed a range of high performance stainless steel ties, fixings and masonry repair and reinforcement systems that combine the required strength with flexibility, durability and great holding power in all commonly used building materials.
Where does the HeliBars handlebar extender come from?
Our bolt-on capability means no cuts or custom mods. At most, you’ll need to re-route your lines. Each HeliBars motorcycle handlebar extender and motorcycle handlebar riser is American-made in our Maine factory by skilled engineers obsessed with performance and safety.
How is a helibar used in masonry repair?
Bonded into cut slots at pre-determined levels in the masonry using HeliBond thixotropic cementitious grout, it is the composite action between the HeliBars and HeliBond that provides the core element of the Helibeam System, making it such a versatile, reliable and successful masonry repair system.
What kind of wire is used for helibar?
In shorter 1m lengths, HeliBars are used individually to perform reliable and permanent crack stitching HeliBar starts as round stainless steel wire with a typical 0.2% proof stress of 500N/mm² but after the cold forming manufacturing process that creates the helical hi-fin design, this more than doubles to around 1100N/mm².