TimTie Installation

New build cavity wall tie for timber
frame constructions.

Features

  • one-piece grade 304 stainless steel tie
  • secure and lasting stress-free connection
  • Type 3 and Type 6 ties with self-tapping helical design
  • rapid, easy, hammer-driven installation, through insulation
  • suitable for use with 'warm frame' rigid insulation
  • great axial strength resists all wind loads
  • multiple drip points prevent transfer of water across cavity


Benefits

  • excellent holding power in timber, mortar, masonry and resin
  • installed through insulation without affecting thermal properties
  • hammered directly into timber stud, exactly where required
  • rotational flexibility accommodates differential movement
  • no disturbance to newly laid brickwork
  • no loosening of internal drywall fasteners

 


Tie length/cavity width

Load tie into hand held support tool
Position as required as outer leaf
masonry is constructed
Hammer into timber stud, through insulation when fitted, and fit retaining clip
Outer end of tie fully embedded in masonry leaf mortar

 

Classification of TimTie using DD140
Part 2 1987 criteria