SIMPLE ORIENTATION MARK
ENHANCES CLASSIC ANCON
SERRATED WASHER DESIGN HELIFIX ADDS TO ITS VAST
PORTFOLIO OF MASONRY
REPAIR DETAILS
Ancon has made a simple
improvement to one of its
smallest, but most utilised,
stainless steel building
components to benefit
installers of its masonry
support systems. Structural repair specialist,
Helifix, has recently
made an addition to its
extensive range of over
100 Repair Details, which
give full technical and
installation information on
how to overcome a wide
variety of structural faults.
An orientation guide, in
the form of two horizontal
square ridges, has been incorporated into the design of the classic
serrated washer that Ancon supplies with its masonry support
brackets.
The square ridges, added to the back of the washer, correspond to
the line of the serrations on the opposite side that faces away from
the user during installation.
The new design makes it quicker and easier for installers to orientate
the serrated washer correctly. Users do not need to view the serrated
face before installing the washer and can quickly identify how best
to correct any rotation that may occur as the fixing bolt is tightened.
Ancon is a three-time winner of the prestigious Queen’s Award
for Enterprise, twice in the Innovation category, and encourages
its specifiers and users to provide feedback on how its current
product range could be improved or expanded. More information is
available at www.ancon.co.uk/contacts/submit-an-idea.
The new Repair Detail, RD WT35, gives guidance on how to
connect a new timber frame to an existing masonry wall, when the
new timber stud is erected within an existing masonry building
and there is no access to install wall ties from the outside.
This Helifix repair detail can accommodate large cavity width
variations by using stainless steel RetroTies. These fixings produce
a secure mechanical connection in the masonry wall and are
bonded into the timber frame with CrackBond TE resin. Resulting
in no external work or scaffolding required and the outer face of
the wall left unmarked.
The full range of Repair Details can be viewed, and individually
downloaded, on the Helifix website at www.helifix.co.uk/
downloads. The site also contains full Helifix product information,
brochures, applications, case studies and installation videos.
www.helifix.co.uk
Photos: Lipton Plant Architects
MAPEI ADDS TO THE AMBIENCE WITH
ULTRACOLOR PLUS IN LONDON EXTENSION
Using a palette of simple materials, the extension to the house’s
roof by GMS Building Services has created a bedroom and
en-suite. Tailored to curve and ‘float’ upon the top floor, the
extension added approximately 25m² to the property, with the
new space providing a haven in the treetops, flooded with light
and warmed by timber.
Adding to the ambience, Mapei’s Ultracolor Plus was specified
for the addition of the en-suite bathroom. The water and
abrasion resistant, flexible grout was used between standard
white tiles on the floor and walls in the colour Terra di Siena, with
the theme of copper and brass used throughout the extension
to complement the colour of the wood. With its earthy tones,
the grout completed and fulfilled the specification provided by
Lipton Plant and the client.
Mapei’s Ultracolor Plus is available in 35 colours suiting every
mood. For more information, visit www.mapei.co.uk
Products from Mapei have been specified by Lipton Plant
Architects after distinct plans were made with their London-
based client to build an extension on an existing building
situated along Wolsey Road. Its design was shaped around
the history of the area with inspiration from the significant
‘Newington Green Gardens’ and the former forest clearing,
which was lost to create streets and houses in the Victorian
era. Also positioned opposite a mural of a garden which has
since faded, the architects designed the extension around the
concept of re-establishing the mural and its history, cultivating
the illusion of a forest inside the property.