Hi Francis. We're absolutely thrilled that you've found our video helpful. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to leave us your thoughts. Very best wishes and hope everything goes well with your Masters' Degree 😀👍
Hi there, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave us a comment. All the houses in the row where this property stands suffer from the same issue. We had a duty of care to the tenants of the neighbouring property to inform them of the immediate danger. We advised them not to go into their back yard until it was safe to do so. We also informed the Dangerous Building Department at the local authority. You can see more images from the project here: talktohim.co.uk/about-him/corporate-social-responsibility/#walltiefailure Thanks again for watching. Stay tuned for more helpful content 🙂👍
Brilliant video mate, I`m actually gob smacked there are wall ties in those old houses ! Never in a million years would i have suspected that, I thought they only used them in cavity walls.
Hi there. First of all, thanks for watching and leaving us a comment - much appreciated. Yes, it's surprising where these things turn up. When we started to correct the problem, we noticed that most of the houses in the row were suffering from a similar problem. You can see just how badly the brickwork was affected here: bit.ly/WallTieFailure Thanks again for watching. Stay tuned for more building tips and advice 🙂
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Super interesting! I was not aware brick ties were used in solid walls like that. However thinking about it I can see why because there isn't much tieing one leaf to the next, just the odd closer and half bad it would seem. I used to live in a 1920's house that was English garden wall bond ie a row of headers and five rows of stretchers, don't think it had brick ties but five rows of non tied wall is quite a lot! That said it was in good condition and not out of plumb or anything. Btw at 6.34 when looking at next door you can see the lintel of top window being forced out!
Hi Danny, thanks for your comments. Have to agree that English bond is one of the strongest and best, so we're not surprised that the walls are still plumb - that stuff was built to last! There are some more quite disturbing photographs of this property on our website under the 'Duty of Care section of our CSR page talktohim.co.uk/about-him/corporate-social-responsibility/
Hi there. Thanks for watching and leaving us a comment. Really glad you like the content. Hope you found it useful. Stay tuned for more handy hints and advice 😀👍
Hi Nads, thanks for your question. As you can see from the video, the wall will lose its structural integrity when the wall ties fail and, therefore, in danger of collapse. The entire second storey wall of this property had to be replaced because the wall ties had failed. Thank you for taking the time to watch our video - we truly appreciate it 🙂👍
Thank you so much for your kind words and for the question 😀👍 Yes, we did have to rebuild the wall (using stainless steel wall ties that don't rust). New build properties tend not to suffer from wall tie failure because they use this type of wall tie. The reason old wall ties fail is because they're made from steel that rusts when exposed to moisture. And when they rust, they increase in size and, consequently, expand the mortar joint and lift the brickwork. That's what makes them unsafe. You can see more photos of the wall before it was rebuilt here: bit.ly/WallTieFailure
@@HYPEBuilding was there a time of year that builders changed to stainless Steel, we viewed a house that needs wall ties, they won't budge on their price etc
@@leedaughtrey444 Thanks for watching and for your question 👌 We believe that stainless steel wall-ties were introduced in the mid- to late-1980's. Hope that helps 🙂
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Hi just seen you video I think this might be happening to my home could you please tell me how much you would be talking to get the wall tie stitching done also if the wall had to come down how much would you think it would cost.
HI there. Sorry to hear that you may have wall tie failure. It's an expensive problem to put right. Unfortunately, without seeing the property and taking proper measurements, it's impossible to estimate how much things would cost. The type of property and number of storeys etc. could potentially have a big impact on costs. Hope that makes sense and sorry we can't be of more assistance. Thank you for watching our video and for your questions - much appreciated 🙂👌
i always comment your one of the good guys on you tube who know what he is on about and i will keep doing this i am in the same game as you who speak the truth and know what he is on about my hat off to you please people subscribe and take his advise he truly knows what he is talking about PS the wall ties are called fish tail ties as the ends are like a fish tail lol
Thanks, once again, for your kind words, mate. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to watch our videos and leave us your feedback. Totally appreciated 😀👌👍
Hi Owen. Older wall ties - the ones that are prone to failure - were made from both steel and iron. Many thanks for watching and leaving us a comment 👍
As a new full time masters student in building surveying your video has helped me loads with my learning!!! Cheers mate!
Hi Francis. We're absolutely thrilled that you've found our video helpful. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to leave us your thoughts. Very best wishes and hope everything goes well with your Masters' Degree 😀👍
Thanks for sharing this. First time I have seen effects of tie failure, especially the pushing effect if corrosive expansion.
Hi there, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave us a comment. All the houses in the row where this property stands suffer from the same issue.
We had a duty of care to the tenants of the neighbouring property to inform them of the immediate danger. We advised them not to go into their back yard until it was safe to do so.
We also informed the Dangerous Building Department at the local authority.
You can see more images from the project here: talktohim.co.uk/about-him/corporate-social-responsibility/#walltiefailure
Thanks again for watching. Stay tuned for more helpful content 🙂👍
Brilliant video mate, I`m actually gob smacked there are wall ties in those old houses ! Never in a million years would i have suspected that, I thought they only used them in cavity walls.
Hi there. First of all, thanks for watching and leaving us a comment - much appreciated.
Yes, it's surprising where these things turn up. When we started to correct the problem, we noticed that most of the houses in the row were suffering from a similar problem.
You can see just how badly the brickwork was affected here: bit.ly/WallTieFailure
Thanks again for watching. Stay tuned for more building tips and advice 🙂
Brilliant and a smashing bloke to boot ! Do the TV companies know about you and what a great presenter you'd be ?
Thank you so much for your kind words, David 👍 John is absolutely thrilled with your comments. Do you think the TV world is ready to be 'tickled?' 😆
Stay tuned for more tips and advice 😀
Good one, thanks
Thank you for your kind words 👍 Glad you found our content useful 🙂
Great stuff, thanks for the info. Very interesting.
Super interesting! I was not aware brick ties were used in solid walls like that. However thinking about it I can see why because there isn't much tieing one leaf to the next, just the odd closer and half bad it would seem. I used to live in a 1920's house that was English garden wall bond ie a row of headers and five rows of stretchers, don't think it had brick ties but five rows of non tied wall is quite a lot! That said it was in good condition and not out of plumb or anything. Btw at 6.34 when looking at next door you can see the lintel of top window being forced out!
Hi Danny, thanks for your comments. Have to agree that English bond is one of the strongest and best, so we're not surprised that the walls are still plumb - that stuff was built to last!
There are some more quite disturbing photographs of this property on our website under the 'Duty of Care section of our CSR page talktohim.co.uk/about-him/corporate-social-responsibility/
Thank you
Hi there. Thanks for watching and leaving us a comment. Really glad you like the content. Hope you found it useful. Stay tuned for more handy hints and advice 😀👍
Estate Agent.. Love watching your videos.
Good video actually 👍
Thanks for your kind words and for watching - much appreciated 🙂👍
When the wall ties go is it something to worry about?
Hi Nads, thanks for your question. As you can see from the video, the wall will lose its structural integrity when the wall ties fail and, therefore, in danger of collapse. The entire second storey wall of this property had to be replaced because the wall ties had failed.
Thank you for taking the time to watch our video - we truly appreciate it 🙂👍
Great video. Did you have to rebuild the wall? Is wall tie failure common in new build properties?
Thank you so much for your kind words and for the question 😀👍 Yes, we did have to rebuild the wall (using stainless steel wall ties that don't rust). New build properties tend not to suffer from wall tie failure because they use this type of wall tie.
The reason old wall ties fail is because they're made from steel that rusts when exposed to moisture. And when they rust, they increase in size and, consequently, expand the mortar joint and lift the brickwork. That's what makes them unsafe.
You can see more photos of the wall before it was rebuilt here: bit.ly/WallTieFailure
@@HYPEBuilding was there a time of year that builders changed to stainless Steel, we viewed a house that needs wall ties, they won't budge on their price etc
@@leedaughtrey444 Thanks for watching and for your question 👌 We believe that stainless steel wall-ties were introduced in the mid- to late-1980's. Hope that helps 🙂
I am in the process of buying a house and I got a buyers survey done and I think this might be the issue but not sure. Can you help please?
Hi Philip. Thank you so much for watching and for your question. If we could ask you to please complete our simple online form, we can make sure your query goes to the right person. You can find it here: bit.ly/TalkToHIM
Once we have your completed form, we'll do our very best to help 🙂👍
Hi just seen you video I think this might be happening to my home could you please tell me how much you would be talking to get the wall tie stitching done also if the wall had to come down how much would you think it would cost.
HI there. Sorry to hear that you may have wall tie failure. It's an expensive problem to put right. Unfortunately, without seeing the property and taking proper measurements, it's impossible to estimate how much things would cost. The type of property and number of storeys etc. could potentially have a big impact on costs.
Hope that makes sense and sorry we can't be of more assistance.
Thank you for watching our video and for your questions - much appreciated 🙂👌
Did you make part 2??
Hi Chris. Thanks for watching and for your question 👍 Yes, we did make part 2, we just never released it. So we shall rectify that very soon 😊
This is a house ... no shit captain
John's not one to mix his words. He likes to call a spade a spade… and a house a house 🤣🤣
i always comment your one of the good guys on you tube who know what he is on about and i will keep doing this i am in the same game as you who speak the truth and know what he is on about my hat off to you please people subscribe and take his advise he truly knows what he is talking about PS the wall ties are called fish tail ties as the ends are like a fish tail lol
Thanks, once again, for your kind words, mate. We genuinely appreciate you taking the time to watch our videos and leave us your feedback. Totally appreciated 😀👌👍
Iron tyes wall tye failure not steel
Hi Owen. Older wall ties - the ones that are prone to failure - were made from both steel and iron.
Many thanks for watching and leaving us a comment 👍