L.As and H.As

Helifix has the products, repair techniques, experience and expertise to help ensure that the UK’s social housing stock is maintained to acceptable structural standards. Successful repairs have been carried out rapidly and economically on all forms of housing from terraces to tower blocks as well as many public buildings and listed structures.

Decent Homes

Since the launch of the Government’s Decent Homes initiative in 2000 Helifix has been successfully involved in assisting local authorities and housing associations to bring all their properties up to a decent standard.

Before improving internal domestic services it is important to ensure that the building is structurally sound. To this end Helifix products and fast track installation techniques have proven themselves to be efficient and reliable, saving both time and money while causing minimal inconvenience to the residents. As Helifix products are virtually all installed externally tenants can remain in situ and experience minimal disturbance.

Solutions are provided for all commonly occurring structural faults:-

• Cracked masonry
• Failed or omitted wall ties
• Failed or absent lintels
• Window replacement programmes
• Bowed building walls
• Separated internal/external walls
• Debonded masonry
• Subsidence problems
• Lack of movement joints

Cost-effective solutions

Helifix products have been specially designed to provide fully effective and reliable solutions.

By repairing or reinforcing the existing masonry they avoid time consuming, disruptive and expensive taking down and rebuilding.
Specially developed concealed installation techniques enable rapid installation which reduces time on site and therefore labour costs, normally the largest single cost element
Products are quick and simple to install and leave the property virtually unmarked.

Window replacement programmes

As part of many property upgrades window replacement programmes are undertaken. These can often cause problems if the building is found is found to failed lintels or no lintels at all as the brickwork has been built directly ion to the window frame.

Helifix has an ideal low cost solution for these situations. Using stainless steel ties and reinforcements bonded into mortar beds above the window a lintel is rapidly created using the existing masonry allowing the old window to be easily and safely removed. No mechanical jacking is needed to support the structure while the work is undertaken and the occupants are no disturbed.

On one local authority contract where lintel replacement using traditional methods had been quoted at £20,000 per house, the Helifix technique was used and saved £17,000 on each property – a total saving of nearly £1.5m on the total of 85 houses.

Click here to view case study 'Lintel creation for council housing'.

Comprehensive service

Helifix offers a comprehensive service, to ensure the highest standards of work, whether providing a complete supply and installation service or working closely with your own engineers, architects and contractors.

The Helifix service includes:-

• Full structural surveys
• Understanding and diagnosis of structural problems
• Specification advice
• Schematic designs and specifications by qualified in-house engineers
• All designs underwritten by Helifix professional indemnity insurance
• Full technical back-up, advice and support
• Nationwide network of trained Approved Installers who offer
• 10 year insurance backed guarantees