THE AWARD WINNING BRICK BRACE SAFETY TOOL X 2
ONLY £38.00
Includes full instructions, a correct procedure, the Brick Brace Masonry weight awareness chart, V.A.T and 1st Class Royal Mail Delivery Within the UK.
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The award winning Brick Brace is a versatile temporary masonry support safety tool that pre-stresses the masonry to allow openings up to 3,150mm (14 Brick Lengths) within existing masonry without the use of a forest of impeding Acrow props and can be used at any height high or low and also enhances all the traditional propping methods to reduce the risk of major collapse and stops minor collapse in between props especially when working with lime mortar masonry.
The fully tested Brick Brace safety tool increases the unknown variable strength of masonry to 40Nm which through testing is proven to be strong and stable enough to prevent minor & major collapse during alterations.
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Drill out the required perpendicular joint/s with a 10mm masonry drill bit. Insert the Brick Brace safety tool/s and engage fully to the angled plate. Tighten the centre screw with a 19mm socket spanner; the masonry is now reinforced and ready for safer alterations and superior results, guaranteed!
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Safety tools are fitted 3 bricks apart in a cement mortar mix, a maximum of 2.5 bricks apart within a lime mortar mix and in every perpendicular joint within block work.
The Brick Brace Benefits
Keyhole surgery for face brickwork alterations.
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Full & safe access to the task.
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Maximum precision.
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Supports all of the masonry, even in lime mortars.
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Fully tested in multiples
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Minimal "making good"
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Superior results achieved.
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Versatile & Lightweight.
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Safer & Smarter masonry alterations.
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Protection against minor & major collapse.
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Pays for itself within two applications, GUARANTEED!!
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Reduces Repair time.
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Use at any height, high or low.
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No Lost or falling masonry.
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Easy To Store/ Fits in a tool bag.
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Reduced carbon footprint.
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Made & Designed in the U.K.
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Thousands of Brick Brace safety tools are sold and used worldwide every year!
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Brick Brace Applications
Re-instates a load-point, see photo's 6-8 & 11-12.
Fit a permanent support within existing brickwork with the correct fitting access. Replace lintels, fit new cavity trays & D.P.C's at any height with ease. Strengthen/stabilise lime mortar masonry and aid all remedial works, brickwork renovations & repairs.
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No lost or falling brickwork, full access to a task, reducing “making good,”labour time and cutting costs without cutting corners or compromising safety.
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The main cause of collapse during masonry alterations is from overloading equipment due to underestimating the weight of the load and removing Strongboy's from the wall to either avoid internal 1st floor wall damage or to gain more fitting work space.
The Brick Brace Safety Tool, our guidance, weight charts and proven strategies address all the main causes of minor and major collapse during masonry alterations.
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The Maximum Safe Working Loads (S.W.L)
An Acrow prop loaded correctly on the axis, maximum safe working load of 3,400Kg.
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An Acrow prop used within the props and needles method, max 1,700Kg, 50% of a plumb Acrow prop but allows safe and correct access under a wall.
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An Acrow prop fitted with a tongued prop attachment, max 340Kg and can reduce down to 0kg of which depends on the size and working height of the Acrow prop, how plumb, how tightly fitted and how far the Acrow prop is fitted from from the centre of the wall.
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Every task is different which is why a variety of equipment should be used.
CHECK LIST
1. What is the nature of the task, is it remedial works or fitting
a permanent support? Is it forming a new opening or increasing the size of an
existing opening? Is the opening in a 4″single skin of masonry, two skins or
even more? Is the opening in the outer or inner leaf of a cavity wall or in
both skins? Do both skins require support at the same time or can it be split
into two tasks with two separate & suitable permanent supports to half the
risk?
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2. What is the age and condition of the masonry and what is
the masonry material? What design (cavity or solid)? What is the size of the
cavity? What thickness is the wall? Which bond is the masonry and which mortar
mix, cement or lime?
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3. What are the existing ceiling heights? What are the size
and direction of floor/joists, are they load bearing onto the wall or are they
non load bearing? Does the existing floor impede the internal fitting access?
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4. What height is the opening? Is the permanent support
fitted underneath joists? Are the existing joists fitted within the web of the
permanent support or is the permanent support fitted at the same height or
below non load bearing joists?
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5. What masonry opening size (including bearings) is
required? Is a load-point intact? What is the total weight of the load
that requires support? Which variety of lintel/s or steel/s are most
suitable? What’s the length, depth, width, thickness and weight of the
permanent support/s?
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6. Which variety of temporary support equipment is designed
to support the masonry and the weight of the load safely and also provides a
safe and sufficient fitting work space without over extending and dangerously
overloading itself?
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The more methods known, the safer and easier the different tasks of supporting masonry become.
The fully tested Brick Brace safety tool increases the unknown variable safe working load of all existing propping methods.
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Temporary support equipment options in alphabetical order, Acrow props, Brick Brace, Needles, Prop-Wise and Strong,boy’s?
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Using a mixed variety of temporary support equipment safely reduces the repair time and supports all of the masonry in between props and also improves the unknown variable safe working load of the existing propping methods.
Brick Brace with Acrow props, Brick Brace with Needles, Brick Brace with Prop-Wise or Brick Brace with Strong,boy’s and depends on the task at hand of which variety is most suitable.
Sets Also Available
Trial Set
Supporting all of the masonry for safer and clearer access for all sized Openings up to 2,250mm within a cement mortar masonry & up to 1,800mm within a lime mortar masonry.
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Half set
Every sized Opening up to 3,150 mm (14 brick lengths) at any height, high or low, with full access to the task.
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Full Set
The Brick Brace safety system allows openings up to 4,500mm (20 brick lengths) when using only one Acrow prop fitted central and scaffold clipped to the horizontal scaffold tube.
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Use as a safety belt above openings when propping or needling to hold the brickwork in-between props and to support the masonry as one whole piece rather than as individual bricks in the case when only propping.
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