fixing timber to brick

[liam546]

I am building a stud wall and need to fix the 4x2 timber to the masonry wall. However my bricks are soft and so is the lime mortar. My bricks are similar to the ones below and have many holes in so each time I drill into them they just crack,

Any suggestions on the best type of fixing I could use for this job?

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• liam546
• 16 Feb 2014
• 1

 

[chirpychippy]

Personally, I would use Stixall to bond the stud to the wall, however you will also need to fix it with screws to the head and sole plate, I would also drill a hole at center vertically, through the stud into the brickwork "very gingerly" and put a masonry screw in. Then when you run your row of noggins through the centre of the stud wall between the upright studs "providing you don't have an opening for a door in the stud wall" I would cut the noggin between the wall stud and its neighbour about 5mm to long a whack it in with a hammer forcing the glued stud against the wall.

 

[liam546]

Thank you very much for the advice.

I also have to fix the base timber to a steel joist. I was going to bolt the timber to the steel, but instead of cutting holes in steel (is ok because I asked my structural engineer) I could use stixall instead?

 

[Flyboytim]

Before wall plugs and power drills were available or affordable, a plugging chisel and hammer were used to fix wedge shaped plugs of wood into gaps made in the mortar course, and the timbers were simply nailed in place.

 

[liam546]

Yes I did read a out timbers being wedged into mortor joints. I guess whichever method I use to fix the sides of the frame as long as I secure the footer and header well and screw the sides into header and footer then it eint matter too much if the sides are not secured as well