REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
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I have an existing unreinforced exterior wall composed of 8" cmu and 4" brick. The wall is cracked on the interior face, most likely due to flexural overstress due to wind loads. The owner would like to reinforce the wall. Anyone have any experience with the use of polymer fabric reinforcement?






RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
Pultruded strips are also available too - mainly in carbon.
For blast resistance aramid (Kevlar) is used.
HTH
RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
Calculate the required reinforcing.
Removing face shells at 24" to 48" o.c. and placing a bar and grouting may be more cost effective. Depends on the specific application.
RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL
It depends on the project what you do. I thought that applying composites to the face of the wall was work that needed to be done by a specialty contractor.
RE: REINFORCING EXISTING CMU WALL