Wall Tie-In Anchor System

Our regular Wall Tie-In Bracket hooks into a 3/8 eye-bolt embedded in the veneer, and then reaches over and clamps to the tower. Our customers have always loved the simplicity of pointing up only one small hole when they bring the scaffold down and unscrew the eye-bolt out of the wall.


This system has worked well, and we know of zero instances where either the eyebolt or the veneer has failed.


Some contractors have asked for a way to tie the scaffold to the back-up wall, a concrete floor deck, or the steel structure, rather than depending on the strength of day-old veneer.

The old way was to use a snap-off tie (see picture, right) that fastens to the building and has a piece of flat steel with a hole in it that extends through the mortar joint. Our Wall Tie-In Bracket later hooks into that hole. The flat steel is scored so the end can be snapped off.

When the scaffold is brought down, the tie is removed, the end is snapped off, and the slot is pointed up. The problem is that most of the time the snap-off tie doesn't snap like it should. Then you have to get a grinder and grind it off. And you have to grind it back beyond the surface of the veneer so that when you point it up, it is sealed off. If it's not sealed off, you'll get rust stains down the face of the wall (even though it started out plated, when you cut it off you expose a raw metal end). All this is very time-consuming and expensive.

Non-Stop's Solution

Since our customers love our adjustable Wall Tie-In Bracket, and how easy it is to simply unscrew the eye-bolt when you bring the scaffold down, we decided to design an anchor that uses those parts.
The green anchor you see in the picture above can be attached to the back-up wall, the floor slab, or welded to the structure. It is threaded to receive our 3/8 eye-bolt, and the other end has a 1/2-inch hole for your fastener. They are made in different lengths to accommodate different cavity sizes. Different length eye-bolts are available for different veneer thicknesses.

It can be placed in the either the head joint or bed joint of brick veneer simply by rotating the anchor to put the eye-bolt where you want it. Before use, coat the eye-bolt with oil, or wrap a piece of paper around it, and it will unscrew out of the wall in just a few seconds.

We have been asked if the anchors should be plated or stainless. That's commonly what you see for the anchors that fasten the veneer to the building, or other structural applications. According to the codes, that is mandatory for permanent structural anchors, but not for a temporary anchor abandoned in a cavity.

ADVANTAGES:

• FAST. No grinding or bending. Just point up one small 3/8” hole.
• No huge holes to patch - no material mis-matches.
• No rust stains. The anchor is abandoned deep behind the veneer.
• Made of 1/4” thick steel. Twice the metal to weld to compared to snap-off ties.
• Quickly installed with conventional fasteners through the 1/2” hole, or welded on.

Anchor Prices:

• 1” to 4” cavity: $6.00
• 4” to 8” cavity: $7.25
Specify anchor working length when ordering.

Re-Usable Eye-Bolt Prices:

3/8 x 4-inch: $2.75
3/8 x 6-inch: $2.95
3/8 x 8-inch: $3.25
3/8 x 10-inch: $3.65
Turned eye-bolts furnished by Non-Stop are welded shut to achieve rated strength. Lengths can be extended with 3/8 all-thread rod.

UPS shipping is additional. Larger orders may go motor freight.