Wall ties – they’re not needed are they?

Wall ties are critical to any building with a cavity wall. It doesn’t matter if the wall is a traditional cavity or a rubble filled, pseudo solid wall. This is an example of what happens when wall ties are lacking.  The gable end of this house suffered catastrophic collapse of the gable in high winds […]

Let’s check these wall ties for corrosion

I shot this today to test new equipment. Sorry about the poor audio – I’ll fix that later.

The trouble with cavity wall tie surveys and wall tie installers

Wall tie corrosion has been a big deal in property for about twenty five years.  Initially it was seen as a very specialised area; before becoming old hat – something that anyone could do. If fact, when I started out in the mid eighties, all wall tie work had to be specified by an independent […]

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