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Design anchors for clay bricks

Posted by Giovanni Pangnottella20 days ago
Design anchors for clay bricks

Hi, I am looking to design anchors to fasten a timber ledger to a solid 8" clay brick wall. Do you have any software that can help me with this? Is there something you would recommend? The ledger is a 2x10 and will likely have two (2) HILTI anchors @ 16" o/c. Each set of anchors will see a max factored load of 1600 lbs.

Thanks

Anchors,clay brick
2 Replies
Posted by Charbel Morcos17 days ago
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Hello Giovanni,

Hilti offers a very helpful tool: PROFIS Engineering, where you can build your own design using all of Hilti's anchor portfolio and simulate its load resistance following multiple parameters.
The standard version is free to use but you can upgrade to the Premium version for additional features. I have included How To videos as well if you want to explore further.

Please note, Hilti as the manufacturer does not offer design services and our team cannot make design decisions or make product selection decisions, however we’d be more than happy to point you in the right direction when selecting our anchors for attaching timber to clay brick/masonry. Firstly, due to our wide range of anchor solutions, we recommend exploring our anchor selector charts as they are useful in exploring and comparing our entire portfolio :


To help narrow your search, you can explore the HIT-HY 270, which is our most common masonry adhesive. I have linked our published technical data and approval documents below for your review:

  • The fast cure masonry adhesive HIT-HY 270:
  • Technical Data starting on page 175 of the Anchor Fastening Technical Guide (ASD Design Method).
  • Technical Data starting on page 33 of the Masonry Anchoring Design Guide (LRFD Design Method).
  • Technical Data for HAS threaded rod in HIT-SC starting on page 183.
  • Ordering information on page 193.
  • Approval document ICC-ES ESR 4144 for anchoring into unreinforced masonry.
  • Approval document ICC-ES ESR 4143 for anchoring into masonry.
  • Operating Instructions.



Ultimately, all design decisions would be at the discretion of the Engineer of Record on the project.

HIT-HY 270,Anchoring,clay brick,timber
Posted by Giovanni Pangnottella17 days ago

Thank you for the information.
I am familiar with the PROFIS program; however, did not see an option for brick as a base material. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

1 comment on this reply
Posted by Charbel Morcos16 days ago
Hi Giovanni, in order to see the solid brick option in PROFIS Engineering, please ensure that your design method is set to ASD (Allowable Stress Design). This base material option is only available when using ASD. You can adjust this setting under the design method selection on the left side of your PROFIS screen. Once ASD is selected, the multi-wythe brick wall option will appear in the base material list.