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Wall Tie Corrosion in post war housing and Commercial Buildings

For some time wall tie corrosion has tended to be pigeon-holed as a defect of pre-war housing. It’s common in 1930s semis and it’s true; my wall tie specialist company’s bread and butter is pre-war dwellings.

However, over the past ten years I’ve noticed a steady drift in our work, which these days includes more and more post war commercial properties.

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Filed under: Cavity Wall Ties Structural Repairs Surveying

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Cavity wall tie corrosion – the problem of expansion

Why is it that old cavity wall ties may need replacing, even when the cavity wall tie corrosion seems light and the ties look very thick and strong, what harm can surface wall tie corrosion really do? This is a question we often get asked, particularly by builders and other tradesmen, who have removed a […]

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Filed under: Structural Repairs Surveying Wall Ties

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Wall tie corrosion, Yorkshire’s wall tie time bomb

Trouble is afoot in Yorkshire’s housing. Wall tie corrosion became our business in 1985 are we are twenty six years older than they we were then the house I was checking with rusty wall ties were only fifty years old when wall tie corrosion was first noticed, so they’ve aged by another 50%. Bear in […]

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Filed under: Structural Repairs Surveying Wall Ties

Tagged as: Wall Tie Corrosion