Cutting off wall ties with an angle grinder

[goodbyegti]

As per the title, the stone mason cladding my extension asked if he could borrow my angle grinder to cut off some wall ties in the way. I was thinking it was just one or two, but it was the entire row along the wall 🫣..

 

His problem is that because it's natural stone, it's hard to always get it to line up with the ties.

 

I think it's the first time, I've seen most get used. Thoughts on remedial ties, or am I obsessing?

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by goodbyegti
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[Brickie]

It will need some kind of fixing to tie the two skins together-Ancon used to do a tie which was basically a slot which the tie fed into (a miniature version of an Abbey Channel)-I’ll have a look & if it’s still available I’ll post a link. From memory the slot was around 50mm deep so gives a bit more scope for variation in depth of stone. 

[Brickie]

Here it is.  

[goodbyegti]

Many thanks! I have a plastic surecav cavity spacer in this case, so I think I can screw extra ties in through the pods. Unfortunately the up and down range won't be as good due to small size of the pod. 

[George]

Just normal screw in wall ties are another option. Bit more work to drill and fix.

 

Definitely need ties though!

[joe90]

Or drive in ones https://www.structuralsupplies.co.uk/product-page/helical-remedial-ties-50-ties?gclid=CjwKCAjwwb6lBhBJEiwAbuVUSg5z6CLv04qp3BI-j2QRvzvJw26UnTRgO6naSKyjRBKimWxrIfSSxhoCHu4QAvD_BwE

[Canski]

A long time ago we had the same problem and the project manager instructed us to use expanded metal strips between the inner and outer skin.