Joining Block Walls

[Panmure]

Hi,
I have an old shed that used to be a garage. It has a concrete base and the walls are made of concrete sheets (500mm x 1000mm approx) bolted together on 3 walls, with the 4th wall being a wooden garage door (so you could get the car in )

This wooden door has now rotted away to nothing and I want to build up a solid wall instead (there's now no longer any car access to use it as a garage).

I've got 440mm blocks and am all ready to go with a single skin 100m wall but unsure how to join the new wall to the existing structure and floor (so I don't just build a big solid wall that can be pushed/wobble over! ).

Do I need to bolt-join the new wall to the walls and floor etc. or am I worrying about nothing?

Thanks

 

[masona]

This should do it, also known as Wall Starter kit. Just bolt it to the pre-cast slab.

 

[noseall]

once the wall has gone off you could always drill and fix some galvanized metal angle, linking the two walls at the internal corner abutment.

 

[NS215]

or just buy some fish tail door cramps much cheaper than the starter pack

 

[3GHOTHEAD]

or just buy some fish tail door cramps much cheaper than the starter pack

Any metal tying system would do, I suppose if its going to be a story height some straps to the roof might not go amiss. No dpc on the other walls though , might get a bit damp.

 

[Panmure]

Thanks guys