What are Windposts used for?
A Windpost is a structural product used in the construction of masonry walls to increase lateral stability and protect masonry panelling against horizontal forces such as wind, crowd or handrail loads. Windposts are normally constructed from mild steel, supported at the head and the foot between floor slab levels.
What are Windposts in construction?
A windpost is a structural item used in the design and construction of masonry walls to increase lateral wall stability and protect them against damage from horizontal forces imposed by wind pressure, crowd or handrail loads.
Where do Windposts go?
Windposts can be installed into either the inner leaf of blockwork or into the cavity leaving the blockwork undisturbed. They are designed to suit specific applications and are supplied complete with end connections and ties.
What is bed joint reinforcement?
Ancon Masonry Reinforcement, otherwise known as Bed Joint-Reinforcement, improves the structural performance of masonry walls by providing additional resistance to lateral loads e.g. wind.
What is an Ancon Windpost?
Ancon Windposts are designed to span vertically between floors to provide lateral support for panels of brickwork. They are designed to suit specific applications and are supplied complete with end connections and ties.
What is a bed joint?
Definition of bed joint 1 : a horizontal joint in masonry. 2a : a horizontal crack or fissure in massive rock. b : one of a set of cracks or fissures parallel with the bedding of a rock.
Where is bed joint reinforcement used?
Bed joint reinforcement may be used for a variety of purposes and locations:
- Increase panel sizes.
- Increase movement joint spacing.
- Feature courses, corbels, plinths.
- Collar-jointed walls.
- Corner and T junctions.
- Stack-bonded panels.
- Differential movement control.
- Above and below openings.
What are head and bed joints?
Head joints form the vertical spaces between each brick or concrete block unit. Bed joints form the horizontal spaces. Since mortar head and bed joints bond masonry units together, they are integral to the overall structural integrity of walls and buildings.
What is a perp in bricklaying?
The term ‘perpend’ refers to the vertical joints between blocks or bricks that have been laid in a horizontal course to form a wall. Perpends are normally filled and sealed with mortar. The horizontal mortar joint in a wall construction is typically referred to as the bed joint.
What is a raking bond?
noun. a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
What is Quoin in brick masonry?
Quoins (/kɔɪn/ or /kwɔɪn/) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Brick quoins may appear on brick buildings, extending from the facing brickwork in such a way as to give the appearance of generally uniformly cut ashlar blocks of stone larger than the bricks.
What is Monk Bond?
A monk bond is a type of brick laying pattern that is similar to Flemish bond, but with two stretchers and a header in the basic repeat pattern.