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Fast Fix

 

Fast-Fix

Fast-fix wall tie replacement and masonry repair system can be used to re-tie and repair a wide range of differing materials like air-crete blocks, clay bricks, stone and concrete blocks.

Benefits & Features

- Quick installation. Just drill and drive.
- Low labour costs.
- High tensile strength.
- Allows for thermal movement.
- Multi water drips.
- Easily installed through cavity insulation.
- Designed and tested to EN10088.
- Insurance backed guarantees.
- Austentic 304 or 316 stainless steel.
- Effective in tying cavity and solid walls.
- No mechanical expansion problems.
- No resin, no rubber, high fire rating.

Adding Wall Ties

Drill Pilot Hole

1. Drill pilot hole through outer leaf and then continue pilot hole if required, until recommended depth in inner leaf is reached.


Insert Fast Fix Tool

2. Insert tie into Fast-Fix tool, then position front of tie into pilot hole and drive home.

Masonry Crack Repair

Masonry Crack Repair

1. Drill pilot hole through masonry until recommended depth is reached.

Fast-Fix Tool

2. Insert tie into Fast Fix tool, then position front of tie into pilot hole and drive home.

Fast-Fix Tie Classification


Size Price Qty Add to Cart
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 170mm

£68.92
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 195mm

£74.66
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 220mm

£80.42
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 245mm

£86.15
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 270mm

£91.89
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 295mm

£97.63
Fast Fix Install Tool

£40.95
SDS Plus Drill Bits 5.0 x 350

£9.90
SDS Plus Drill Bits 5.5 x 350

£10.90
5.5x310mm SDS Hammer Drill Bit (250mm working length)

£6.82
5x310mm SDS Hammer Drill Bit (250mm working length)

£7.43
Masonry Drill Bit 5.0mm x 320mm

£5.77
Masonry Drill Bit 6.0mm x 330mm

£4.85


Size Buy 2 Buy 3+ Buy 5+ Buy 8+
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 170mm £65.47 £63.40 £62.03

£60.65
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 195mm £70.93 £68.69 £67.20 £65.70
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 220mm £76.40 £73.98 £72.37 £70.77
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 245mm £81.84 £79.26 £77.53 £75.81
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 270mm £87.30 £84.54 £82.70 £80.87
100 Fast Fix Ties 8mm x 295mm £92.75 £89.82 £87.86 £85.91


Wind Speed Zones

Topography


Pilot Drill & Embedment Depth Selection

Material
N/mm2
Tie Size
Minimum embedment depth
Pilot hole diameter
Air Crete block
2.8
8mm
90mm
N/A
Leca block
3.5
8mm
70mm
N/A
Concrete block
7.0
8mm
70mm
5.5mm
Old soft brick
< 5.0
8mm
70mm
5.0mm
Old med brick
> 5.0
8mm
70mm
5.0mm
Most modern bricks
> 11.0
8mm
70mm
5.5mm
Semi engineering bricks
30.0
8mm
50mm



Tie Loads & Densities

  S2 Ground roughness, building size and height above ground factor worse case class A, HEIGHT 15 METRES.

I

 Open country with no windbreaks and seafronts
II Open country with scattered windbreaks
III Suburban country with many wind breaks; small towns, out skirts of large cities
IV

Urban surface with large and frequent obstructions, i.e. City centres

 

Tie loads for different site conditions
TIE DENSITY
Wind Zone A (44m/s)
Wind Zone B (52m/s)
Wind Zone C (56m/s)
2.47m2
I
II
III
IV
I
II
III
IV
I
II
III
IV
Level to
1:20
-1000N
-940N
-730N
-520N
-1400N
-1320N
-1020N
-720N
-1620N
-1520N
-1180N
-840N
1:20 to
1:10
-1260N
-1180N
-910N
-650N
-1750N
-1650N
-1280N
-900N
-2040N
1910N
-1480N
-1050N
1:10 to
1:5
-1540N
-1450N
-1120N
-790N
-2140N
-2020N
-1570N
-1110N
-2490N
-2350N
-1820N
-1290N
1:5 to
No Limit
-1850N
-1740N
-1350N
-960N
-2580N
-2430N
-1890N
-1330N
-3000N
-2820N
-2190N
-1550

2.47 TIES PER METRE SQUARE REQUIRE 900MM HORIZONTAL CENTRES AND 450MM VERTICAL CENTRES

 

TIE DENSITY
Wind Zone A (44m/s)
Wind Zone B (52m/s)
Wind Zone C (56m/s)
4.94m2
I
II
III
IV
I
II
III
IV
I
II
III
IV
Level to
1:20
-500N
-470N
-360N
-260N
-700N
-660N
-510N
-360N
-810N
-760N
-600N
-420N
1:20 to
1:10
-630N
-590N
-460N
-320N
-870N
-830N
-640N
-450N
-1020N
-960N
-740N
-520N
1:10 to
1:5
-770N
-720N
-560N
-400N
-1070N
-1010N
-780N
-550N
-1240N
-1180N
-900N
-640N
1:5 to
No Limit
-930N
-870N
-670N
-480N
-1300N
-1220N
-950N
-670N
-1500N
-1410N
-1090N
-770N
4.94 TIES PER METRE SQUARE REQUIRE 450MM HORIZONTAL CENTRES AND 450MM VERTICAL CENTRES

 

NOTE: You can use other tie densities shown on menu 'Tie Densities'. To do this select tie load for your particular site conditions from one of the above two tables, then multiply your selected tie load by the tie density of that table. This will give you the load per metre squared. Then divide the load per metre squared by any of the tie densities shown in 'Tie Densities'. To get the required tie load for that density, you must then install ties to the required vertical and horizontal spacing centres of the selected tie density.

The densities and spacing
Ties per M2
Vertical Centres
Horizontal Centres
2.47
450mm
900mm
2.96
450mm
750mm
3.29
450mm
675mm
4.94
450mm
450mm
5.92
375mm
450mm
7.40
300mm
450mm
9.86
300mm
338mm
13.12
255mm
338mm

 

 

 

Tie Selection

 
Inner Leaf Embedment
Cavity Range
50mm
70mm
90mm
25mm to 50mm
170mm
195mm
220mm
50mm to 75mm
195mm
220mm
245mm
75mm to 100mm
220mm
245mm
270mm
100mm to 125mm
245mm
270mm
295mm
125mm to 150mm
270mm
295mm
320mm



Tie Selection

Tie Spacing


Tie Spacing

Installation Procedure

A light hammer drill is recommended I.E. no more than 1.5nm impact and not less than 3000 impacts a minute.
1 1  Drill a pilot hole through the outer leaf, make sure to avoid frogs and core holes. Depending on inner leaf material you may need to carry on into the inner leaf with the pilot drill to set embedment depth.  Then check cavity width and inner leaf material  for tie selection using TABLES A (Tie Selection Tab) & B (Pilot Drills Tab).
2 2 Insert the tie into the special FAST-FIX tool, then position front of tie into the pilot hole and hammer home.
3 3 Site tests on the ties inner leaf connection can be carried out after removal of outer leaf connection by using small masonry core cutting, 5% of all ties installed must be load tested.
4 4 Before drilling out all the pilot holes, preliminary load tests should be carried out to establish the strength of the inner and outer leaf fixings, which should exceed the load required by 20%. Tie density can be increased to reduce the required loads, see 'TIE DENSITIES' menu. 5% of all ties must be load tested
5 5 Clear clearance hole of any brick dust and or debris with compressed air or air pump.
6 6 Remove plugs and screw on mixing nozzle to Tri-set resin cartridge and place into resin gun, pump resin through the mixing nozzle until an even colour is achieved. Then insert nozzle into clearance or pilot hole until touching tie, pump resin around tie, you must get at least 50mm of resin embedment around the tie if filling a clearance hole, then if resin matches brick, bring resin to the surface and make good with a rag. If resin colour does not match, then hold back 6mm and make good with sand/cement and dies. When working on render surfaces, always hold resin back to brick/block and make good with sand and cement.

 

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www.wallfast.co.uk/pdf/Fast-fix.pdf




 

 


 



Grout gun used for installing Wallfast cementitious grout.
For removing mortar when isolating ties. 4mm Blade x 230mm Long.
Additional resin mixing nozzles.
For extending the length of the mixer nozzle when working across cavities.
Full range of masonry and SDS drill bits.
Triset is a rapid curing 'one shot' two part chemical anchoring cartridge system based on a polyester resin. Applied in one single action to produce a cost effective, tough, chemical resistant fixing.
Cem-spand is a specially formulated High performance injectable cementitious grout for bonding metal to all types of common masonry substrates.
Resin gun used for installing Wallfast resin.
Metal detector for locating corroded wall ties in masonry.
Manual air pump used for clearing dust and debris from installation holes.
Tri-bars are three finned helical stainless steel reinforcement rods, for reinforcing bed-joints to enhance lateral loading resistance in new and existing buildings.
Fast-fix wall tie replacement and masonry repair system can be used to re-tie and repair a wide range of different materials like air-crete blocks, clay bricks and stone.
For tying cavity party walls when improved sound insulation is required and tying all types of masonry cavities requiring class 2 bed-joint ties.
For tying light weight thermal blocks to masonry bed-joints, forming cavities using thin joint block construction systems and tying cavities and abutting walls bed-joints to thermal blocks.
For tying Polar walls to masonry clad bed-joints. Two install methods can be used for before or after concrete cure.
For tying cavities, when rebuilding unstable outer leaves to existing inner leaves, forming cavities by adding outer clad brickwork to existing masonry walls and joining cavity or abutting masonry walls when adding extension to properties.
For tying new timber stud frames to masonry bed joints and forming cavities using timber frame construction systems.
Bow-Fix is a lateral restraint system, which offers a quick and easy method of restraining bowing walls to timber floor chambers.
Cem-Fix masonry stabilising system is a combination of our special Cemspand cementitious grout with controllable expanding agent and our Cem-Fix reinforcement rods brought together to give a fast and cost effective set of masonry repair strategies to re-stabilising multi brick arches, brick tunnels, rubble filled walls and seperated party walls.
The Resi-Fix cavity wall tie replacement system, for when a resin bond is required in both inner and outer leafs of different materials like, air-crete blocks, clay bricks, stone and concrete blocks. This is ideal for small one off jobs of around 30-200 ties.
The versatile Tri-Fix wall tie replacement system can be used to tie together a large range of differing materials like timber, air-crete blocks, clay bricks, stone, concrete blocks and steel beams.
Speed-Fix is a multi purpose headless fixing, that can be installed like a nail and performs like a screw. With no need of any wall plugs. Installing Speed-fix is the quickest way of joining timber carcass or mouldings to all types of masonry. Speed-fix can be hammered straight through timber and Air-Crete blocks or fix timber to harder masonry materials by using a pilot hole. In addition it is a very strong structural timber to timber fixing which will not come apart under spring tension loads. Speed-fix can also be used to tie frames to bed joints. Speed-fix has a small core diameter which allow it to be used in thin timbers without causing splitting while still conforming to CP112 1972, unlike standard wire nails.
Tim-Fix is used for structual fixings for warm roof counter batten systems and vertical tile hanging systems. Tim-Fix have special helical features which protect insulation sarking boards from roof weight compression loads and wind suction tension loads, while its small constant core diameter allows it to be used in thin counter batten timbers while still conforming to CP112 1972, unlike standard wire nails.
Crack Repair is a website from Wallfast specialising in crack repair solutions.