Case study category: Residential
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Collapsed homes built on top of mines structurally repaired
Homes built on top of 18th & 19th century mines suffering partial collapse with dangerous threat of further danger are structurally repaired and stabilised.
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Repair and renovation of Georgian town house in Dublin
Renovation plans to modernise and upgrade a three storey 19th century Georgian town house involved major structural alterations and repairs.
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Structural repairs to solid masonry walls of farmhouse
Early 20th century farmhouse with solid masonry walls bowing and separating due to shrinkage and deterioration.
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New gable wall built without wall ties is rapidly secured
A structural survey discovered a new 4 storey gable end wall was built with no wall ties or form of lateral restraint connecting the inner and outer leaves.
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Thin and weak galvanised wall ties replaced
Thin galvanised wall ties susceptible to corrosion, with limited tensile properties and insufficient to act in compression, caused gable movement and masonry cracking.
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Repair of rubble-filled brick walls with lime render
A 19th century Irish country house built with rubble-filled walls and lime render required major restoration and repairs to solve various structural faults.
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Basement conversion of Georgian property adds space
Before converting a basement cellar into additional living space, the cracking to the structural walls needed to be repaired using Helfix repair techniques.
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Sarah Beeny uses ‘super strong’ BowTies
Renovation work had uncovered severe structural decay in a Victorian end of terrace. Concealed Helifix repairs effectively stabilised the property.
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Dangerously unstable gable wall secured
While an extension was being built at the rear of a two storey end of terrace property in Oxford, serious structural issues were discovered affecting the side wall gable elevation.
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Lateral movement stabilised on new house
Loss adjusters acting for the owner’s insurance company, asked Helifix to devise a repair scheme to secure the stonework and quoins, stitch the cracks and prevent further movement.
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Bowing and cracking of 200 year old property repaired
As a result of having a third floor added around 100 years ago, a three storey 19th century property was…
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Victorian properties structurally secured
Before a pair of semi-detached Victorian town houses could be converted into accommodation, a variety of structural faults needed to be rectified.
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Lateral restraint of bowing gable wall
The gable wall on a privately owned semi-detached property was becoming unstable due to the lack of sufficient lateral restraint.
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Stone cottage secured without disruption
Over 150 years old, this cottage had developed structural faults. It was suffering from distortion of the arch pier and masonry cracking in the archway walls.
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Rethinking housing refurbishment at the BRE
This project looked at ways in which housing renovation methods could be improved, demonstrating sustainable housing refurbishment best practice.
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Chance piles stablisie subsiding gable wall
Builders constructing a new two storey extension noticed cracking in the existing gable wall which, although thought to be historic, indicated subsidence.
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Historic farmhouse made structurally secure
An historic 16th century farmhouse was suffering from a variety of structural faults, and needed to be ‘invisibly’ repaired and fully stabilised.
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Subsidence repairs avoid the need for underpinning
2 Adjacent properties had suffered from subsidence related structural problems and, while unoccupied, had experienced further damage and vandalism.
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Repairs to 200 year old stone cottage
This cottage had suffered historic subsidence, caused by a lack of foundations and the excavation of a cellar at the rear, resulting in major structural faults.
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Stabilising gable end walls
14 Properties on a housing estate were suffering from a lack of lateral restraint to their single gable end walls causing outward bowing of the walls and cracking.
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Home insurance backed 10 year guarantee
This property built on the side of a steep hill of clay overlaying rock, was suffering from masonry cracking due to widespread ground movement.
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Major stabilisation for redevelopment scheme
Underpinning can be time consuming, disruptive and expensive. Helifix Engineers devised a structural repair scheme to stabilise properties saving £150,000.
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English heritage listed country house
Sympathetic structural repair techniques to exisiting materials, visibly unobtrusive with minimum disruption to the host fabric whilst restoring full integrity.
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Grade 1 listed chimney
Timber framed building with various structural problems. Architecturally significant chimney and bakers oven. Stabilising required to prevent its collapse during underpinning.