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| Lateral
Restraints are usually installed at the request of a structural engineer,
the purpose of a lateral restraint is generally to tie floor timbers and
/ or ceiling timbers to masonry walls in order to arrest bowing in walls.
These restraints traditionally were in the form of steel straps installed
internally with removal of floor boards. BAR Group install these traditional
straps along with more modern systems; one of which can be viewed below. |
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Description
and Use: |
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| Modern Lateral
restraints are manufactured from 304 Austenetic Stainless Steel rods 8mm
in diameter. These are supplied in standard lengths of 1 metre but are
available in any length by prior arrangement. |
| Lateral
restraints are designed to restrain the whole of the brick outer structure
to the floor joists. |
| The process
would normally be done by using angle straps screwed onto the joists.
This has several drawbacks: |
- The
disturbance caused to the householder is quite considerable.
- The
fixing to the joist is only as strong as the shear strength of the
screw heads.
- If
there is fitted furniture or bathroom suites, these have to be removed
which would involve using specialist trades such as joiners and plumbers.
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| Lateral
restraints can be fitted from outside the property with a minimum of disturbance
- in most cases just a lifting of the floorboards to determine the position
of the joists. |
| The same
restraint is used to suit different situations ie joists bearing into
the wall and joists parallel to the wall. |
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