How To Videos
We've created and compiled a selection of videos to try and help guide you through any of the following repairs you may be carrying out. However, if you prefer to speak to us directly to help with your issue, please don't hesitate to call us. Otherwise, click any of the links below to be taken to the relevant video:
Lateral Restraint Tie Installation
LocTie (Wall Tie) Installation using Auto Tool
In this video, we'll guide you through installing cavity wall ties. It really does not have to be as complex as you might think. Let us guide you through it.
Products used in this video:
Wall Ties (choose your length): Strucsol Remedial Wall Ties 8mm diameter
Drill bits (depending on brick hardness, 5.5mm-6.5mm): Drill Bits (strucsol.co.uk)
Install tools: Auto tool (for contractors who do this work regularly): Wall Tie Tool SDS (strucsol.co.uk), OR for those one off jobs or DIY, our cheaper but still effective alternative: StrucSol Wall Tie tool SDS
Want more information? Need us to guide you through it? Call us free of charge!
Lateral Restraint Tie Installation
Lateral Restraint Ties: these are a unique product, and not well known. They have a plethora of different invaluable and genius uses. In this case, we're demonstrating it in it's simplest form- restraining a bowed wall to secure it and prevent further movement. There are many different ways in which you can use these, please click the follow link and scroll to "Bowed Wall Repairs": Repair Guides (strucsol.co.uk)
Products used in this video:
Lateral Restraint Ties: Strucsol Lateral Restraint Ties
Lateral Restraint Tie Install Key: Strucsol LRT Install key SDS
Drill Bit: Drill Bits (strucsol.co.uk)
Crack Stitch Repair
Crack stitching- quite possibly the most common type of remedial repairs done. They come in numerous shapes and sizes, and nearly all of them can be fixed. In this video we show you a simplified process of installing the bar to repair the crack. To see the different kinds of ways of crack stitching, please visit the repair guides section here and scroll to crack stitching section.
Products used in this video:
Mortar Rake for grout removal (cheaper than using chaser, but not as clean): SDS mortar raking chisel (strucsol.co.uk)
Dust Blower: Dust/Spoil Blower (strucsol.co.uk)
Strucsol Resin: StrucSol Polyester Resin (styrene based)
Strucsol Resin Gun: StrucSol Heavy Duty Resin gun
Strucsol Ultrabar: Strucsol Ultrabar 6mm (strucsol.co.uk)
OR save time and hassle, buy one of our ready made crack stitch kits: Repair Kits (strucsol.co.uk)
Window Lintel Repair
Window lintel repairs are another excellent use of Strucsol Ultrabar. Usually performed when the load bearing lintel for a window has failed, it is an excellent way of stabilising the failure and preventing any further deterioration. In this video, we show you one example of how to do this. However, much like crack stitching there are different ways in which a window lintel can fail. Please click here and scroll to Masonry Beams/Lintel Repairs.
Products used in this video:
Dust Blower (not essential, but guarantees bond strength of resin): Dust/Spoil Blower (strucsol.co.uk)
Strucsol Ultrabar 6mm x 10,000mm: 6mm x 10000mm Strucsol Ultrabar
Strucsol Epoxyacrylate Styrene Free Resin: StrucSol E.A.S.F Resin
Strucsol Resin Gun (manual): StrucSol Heavy Duty Resin gun
Strucsol Auto Resin Gun (suited to contractors performing this work regularly): StrucSol Auto Resin Gun
Grout Mixing Instructions
Products in this video: