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Arthur Cottage
Ancestral Home of USA President Chester Alan Arthur

Arthur Cottage

 Arthur Cottage

ac-4.jpg (20698 bytes)Arthur Cottage, the Ancestral Home of Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States has recently been opened to the public.

Before this, a survey had indicated that two external walls showed signs of moving outwards (see photograph).

Before the cottage could be opened to the public it was necessary to reinforce these external walls to prevent further movement.

Obviously to preserve the character of the cottage, no external Pattress Plate could be used, this presented a problem as there did not appear to be any was of doing the job satisfactorily.

Ace Fixings were approached and suggested the CINTEC WSA stitching anchor for the following reasons:

  1. After painting, no external signs of repair would be visible thereby preserving the original character.
  2. The cementitious grout nature of the anchor would mean that a good fix can be obtained in a ruble filled wall.
  3. The stress free nature of the anchor means no stresses are exerted on the structure.
  4. The WSA anchor is quickly and easily fixed in place.
  5. The anchor is unaffected by any dampness or moisture within the stone wall.
  6. The metal components of the anchor are all stainless steel ensuring a very long life.

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This suggestion was accepted by the Architect and two 30mm x 30mm x 450 long WSA anchors were installed tied together with 16mm rod, tensioned using two bottle screws.   (See diagram below)

Installation Detail

INSTALLATION

The anchor is installed into a 60mm diameter hole drilled with a Diamond Drilling Rig.

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ac-6.jpg (21527 bytes) Drilling Rig in place.

Drilling one of two 60mm holes.

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ac-8.jpg (19778 bytes) Installing the anchor.
Inflating the anchor with grout (Note the photograph taken of the actual operation did not come out). ac-9.jpg (19307 bytes)
ac-10.jpg (10817 bytes) Internal view of one installed anchor with the bar (connecting to the other anchor) and showing the bottle screws.
 

The finished wall after installation of anchor and before white washing.

 

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