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Has anyone had chemical anchors?
SameOldRoundabout
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As title, has anyone had chemical anchors put into an external wall? The house we are buying has already the main side wall and some of the back wall replaced in the nineties due to the Edwardian mortar failing. Our survey indicates that the opposite wall in the side return has indications of the onset of the same problem and is bowing and cracked.
I’ve paid for the specialist company to go and inspect it to determine what type of anchors it needs exactly, as the guy couldn’t narrow further than £2000-20,000, but they aren’t going until next Friday and the report won’t be ready for 7-10 working days.
Has anyone had work like this (which I guess is essentially the solid wall version of wall-ties) carried out? The surveyor indicates we may not need to fix it for a few years but obviously ideally we need to try and budget for that and if necessary renegotiate the sale price.
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Cant say I've heard of "chemical" anchors but definitely "mechanical" anchors. Maybe theres been a bit miscommunication along the way? Have seen horizontal anchors drilled through brickwork and tied into floor joists that run parallel with the corresponding bowing wall. There may be some resin involved so maybe thats where the "chemical" bit has come in? But in relation to your original question this would all depend on a number of factors not least which way floor joists run in relation to bowing brickwork. You should be able to get a warranty from a reputable structural repair contractor so don't see that this type of repair would be a big problem.0
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Found a link to expand on my post above.
http://www.helifix.co.uk/applications/stabilising-bowed-walls-into-joist-sides/
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Yes! That’s the type of anchors that the surveyor has described to us as chemical anchors. Maybe that’s why google has been so fruitless for me, If they’re not even called that! Apologies for missing the reply.I’ll try googling again with the mechanical bit instead and see where we get. I have absolutely no idea which way the joists run so I suppose I’ll just have to wait.0
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