Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Mar 06, 2011 10:12 pm Hi everyone, Stumble on this forum after searching for info on brick ties. We are building with EBH and we visited the site today and saw that the bricks have been completed up to about 1m high. Pretty quick progress considering the slab went down about 3 weeks ago. When we took a closer look on the internal side of the wall, I can see that the brick ties are in, but they have not been nailed or attached to the frame... have a look at the picture. Is this normal? when do they get nailed in? all of the brick ties are like this through out the house.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Brick ties not nailed to frame... new guy here. 3Mar 07, 2011 6:43 am Dont worry boston, perfectly normal practice....they will be nailed off in one go as soon as the mrtar has set, the carpenter may gently bend them up before nailing so any water/condensation runs back to the bricks & not to the frame. The inspector will want to see the ties fully nailed off. This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 8030 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28321 Hi, I have a steel frame house which was built 2 years ago. When you are down stairs you can hear clunking noises when someone is walking around. We were told if you… 0 4458 |