Why House Bolting Needed
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The purpose of house bolting is to make your building more safer and less prone to structural damage.
The bolting helps to improve the connection between the framing and the foundation
concrete and strengthens the house.
Careful planning, placement and installation is always the right key for a better and risk-free foundation.
:- During earthquake usually the house doesn't slide off rather the foundation that slides from the
place.
:- When your house gets affected by earthquake there is a chance that the old bolts are weakened and not too strong for
combating the next.
:- The bolt selection is the important part for house bolting and there are 2 types of bolt generally used.
The less expensive bolting option and they are the basic bolts used for foundation bolting.
Expansion foundation bolts
These bolting type is mostly used for houses with newer foundation or if the foundation has a good concrete
arrangement.
As per studies, the expansion foundation bolt can be used as long as it doesn't cause any crack in the concrete.
These foundation bolting system is used in weaker houses to strengthen the
concrete.
Epoxy-set foundation bolts
Generally the uplift pulls the bolt upward out from the concrete base that eventually results in concrete sliding.
That's why the epoxy bolts are longer than expansion bolts which helps it to insert it to
deeper in the concrete.
When the foundation wall start to cripple and collapse, the base concrete starts to slide from under the house due to the seismic
movement.
It's always advised to brace all sides of house to counterfeit the seismic
movement and prevent any damage to home.