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Nursing home conversion avoids major taking down and rebuilding

Client:	Wimpey Homes
Location:	Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Approved Installer:	Underpin & Makegood Ltd
Reference No:	CS011

This brick built former nursing home, around 100 years old, needed to be made structurally sound prior to conversion into luxury apartments as part of a larger residential development.

Defects

Settlement at various locations
Structural cracking above and below window lines
Separated lintels and brick arches
Loose and poor quality brickwork in many areas

Traditional Solution

To take down and rebuild large sections of brickwork and replace lintels
Very disruptive to existing fabric, time consuming and expensive

Helifix Solution

Our Approved Installer used sympathetic Helibeam repair techniques, approved by consulting engineers Woods Warren, to restore structural integrity.
Stainless steel HeliBars were installed into channelled out mortar beds to create masonry beams that stabilised the masonry, acted as lintels and stitched cracks.
DryFix ties were used to pin loose brickwork and tie the brick lintels to the inner leaf
Grouted CemTies were installed vertically through the brick arches to tie them to the masonry beams

These non-disruptive concealed repairs saved both time and money.