Core hole in masonry wall cut vertical bars
Core hole in masonry wall cut vertical bars
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We have a current project where the contractor cored holes through an existing masonry wall without locating the rebar first. As such when they cored the wall they also cut one vertical bar in each core hole. Now we need to fix the wall. What are cost effective procedures to repair this?






RE: Core hole in masonry wall cut vertical bars
Do this first prior to spending money on fixes.
Typically you'd want to pin a vertical beam-column shape to one side of the wall to provide supplemental stiffness and strength for out-of-plane loads.
Other methods include knocking out the face shell on one side of the wall on either side of the cored hole. This exposes the two adjacent vertical cells to allow insertion of a new vertical bar. Form the face and fill with grout.
RE: Core hole in masonry wall cut vertical bars