A 100 years old dilapidated brick barn at Puckrup, Tewkesbury, was suffering from a wide range of structural faults and needed to be stabilised prior to its conversion into a modern private residence. The double storey barn was affected by historic settlement that had resulted in failed arch lintels, relaxed arches, cracked and failed masonry and a loss of lateral restraint to the main rear elevation.

Helifix engineers devised a sympathetic repair programme using the concealed Helibeam System to stabilise the building. To secure and reinforce the brickwork and reinstate lintels, long length HeliBars were bonded into channelled-out mortar beds at various levels, which also formed masonry beams to distribute the structural loads. Individual cracks were stitched using shorter HeliBars and the failed arches re-pinned with DryFix ties. Once the fully concealed repairs and the re-pointing had been completed, structural integrity was restored to the barn and its refurbishment and conversion was undertaken by the main contractor.