Hardware divison for doors/window store (specialty hardware). I would not recommend buying off amazon or Alibaba.... this is a structural element. dont take a chance. follow the comment from the structural enginner and make sure your installer is qualified in your area. Good luck
Its been about 5 years and the wall did come back some distance. Lizards used to perch on the crack in the wall and look out like gargoyles but they dont have sufficient space anymore. Before the wall could come back all the way however, I started getting plaster cracks on the adjacent wall (which is surprising considering the force it would take to alter the corner of the house framing). So when I started getting cracks I stopped tightening the bolts and left it as is. The cracks haven't gotten any bigger and the wall is stable. The wall is moving so slowly it could actually still be moving.
Don’t really want to burst your bubble there pal but judging by that crack anchor bolts won’t save your wall, what you did its only a temporary fix sooner or later you’ll have to take that wall down and rebuild it n toothing it into existing side walls,. May i ask is that building fairly new? Or old, Did you check the foundation, what caused that movement? You may need to get a building surveyor and investigate it.. you may have to pour more concrete in n out of that wall and reinforce the foundation so you won’t face similar problem in future, in 27 yrs as a builder/Bricklayer never seen a movement on a wall as much as i’ve seen on your video, small cracks do appear on new buildings at times walls move until they sleep/find its own place, old buildings usually mortar gives in becomes a dust and walls split, this one tho looks like you may have a foundation problem.. id like to know what caused that crack if you already found out and solved the problem 👍 let me know please Thanks Regards
Thanks for your comment. I had a contractor come early on and he was baffled by the situation. Usually a foundation problem reveals itself in uneven settling of the wall and thus cracking of the mortar around the bricks. However, there are absolutely no cracks anywhere. That being said, there is no doubt that the whole corner of the brick façade is trying to tilt out, even cracking the side porch deck and heaving it up. This house was built in 1942 and the wall is not structural. Its a wood frame structure. The brick is held to the frame by ties between the brick and the frame. Those ties have rusted away years ago and the wall then decided it wanted a divorce. For what its worth the ties have moved the wall back somewhat, BUT the brick frame around the side porch has not gone back at all. I have gone under the house many times trying to find some evidence of the bricks moving up or down but I cannot see this happening. Now I DID find rusted and totally dissolved flashing under there (evidence of major water damage at some point). I presume the roof let go many years ago, and water came inside the veneer and rusted all of those holding ties causing the wall to float
@@peterking6332 thanks for a reply Peter, i was just curious what caused that wall to move that far apart. Watched the video again and when i 1st watched it I thought most likely you’ll need to underpin the foundation, but as you explained its not a structural wall and not as serious as i 1st thought.. hope you’ll get it sorted soon 👍
I've seen worse than this. Especially in Parts of Europe. Bowing walls are not always caused by foundation or footer failures. Commonly this is a result of brick ties failing. If the masonry wall has abutting walls with other building components such as wood. Brick tie failure in structures older than 30 years of age is not uncommon. This is due to the constant expansion and contraction of the wall in temperature change and the metal brick ties become brittle and rusted.
Fantastic, I'm about to do this to the rear of an 1887 residence in St Louis.
Did you try this with your home? I'm working on a 1903 home in St. Louis that needs the same.
A Simpson tension tie would work great to anchor the bolt to the side of the studs.
Where can I buy that star product?
Hardware divison for doors/window store (specialty hardware). I would not recommend buying off amazon or Alibaba.... this is a structural element. dont take a chance. follow the comment from the structural enginner and make sure your installer is qualified in your area. Good luck
So how’d it work in the end? Were you able to bring it back to its original position? If not how close?
Its been about 5 years and the wall did come back some distance. Lizards used to perch on the crack in the wall and look out like gargoyles but they dont have sufficient space anymore. Before the wall could come back all the way however, I started getting plaster cracks on the adjacent wall (which is surprising considering the force it would take to alter the corner of the house framing). So when I started getting cracks I stopped tightening the bolts and left it as is. The cracks haven't gotten any bigger and the wall is stable. The wall is moving so slowly it could actually still be moving.
Don’t really want to burst your bubble there pal but judging by that crack anchor bolts won’t save your wall, what you did its only a temporary fix sooner or later you’ll have to take that wall down and rebuild it n toothing it into existing side walls,. May i ask is that building fairly new? Or old, Did you check the foundation, what caused that movement? You may need to get a building surveyor and investigate it.. you may have to pour more concrete in n out of that wall and reinforce the foundation so you won’t face similar problem in future, in 27 yrs as a builder/Bricklayer never seen a movement on a wall as much as i’ve seen on your video, small cracks do appear on new buildings at times walls move until they sleep/find its own place, old buildings usually mortar gives in becomes a dust and walls split, this one tho looks like you may have a foundation problem.. id like to know what caused that crack if you already found out and solved the problem 👍 let me know please
Thanks
Regards
Thanks for your comment. I had a contractor come early on and he was baffled by the situation. Usually a foundation problem reveals itself in uneven settling of the wall and thus cracking of the mortar around the bricks. However, there are absolutely no cracks anywhere. That being said, there is no doubt that the whole corner of the brick façade is trying to tilt out, even cracking the side porch deck and heaving it up. This house was built in 1942 and the wall is not structural. Its a wood frame structure. The brick is held to the frame by ties between the brick and the frame. Those ties have rusted away years ago and the wall then decided it wanted a divorce. For what its worth the ties have moved the wall back somewhat, BUT the brick frame around the side porch has not gone back at all. I have gone under the house many times trying to find some evidence of the bricks moving up or down but I cannot see this happening. Now I DID find rusted and totally dissolved flashing under there (evidence of major water damage at some point). I presume the roof let go many years ago, and water came inside the veneer and rusted all of those holding ties causing the wall to float
@@peterking6332 thanks for a reply Peter, i was just curious what caused that wall to move that far apart. Watched the video again and when i 1st watched it I thought most likely you’ll need to underpin the foundation, but as you explained its not a structural wall and not as serious as i 1st thought.. hope you’ll get it sorted soon 👍
I've seen worse than this. Especially in Parts of Europe. Bowing walls are not always caused by foundation or footer failures. Commonly this is a result of brick ties failing. If the masonry wall has abutting walls with other building components such as wood. Brick tie failure in structures older than 30 years of age is not uncommon. This is due to the constant expansion and contraction of the wall in temperature change and the metal brick ties become brittle and rusted.