The impact of the method of anchoring the façade texture layer on the durability of is fixing

The subject of this article is to test the shear strength of the anchorage, based on diagonal brackets. The tests were carried out on six three-layer samples with a size of 40 x 20 x 17 cm. The samples have been designed to represent a section of a three-layer wall in large-plate buildings and made on an adequate scale with wire mesh reinforcement of Ø 3 mm and a mesh size of 3 x 3 cm. In three samples Ø 6 mm Ø hangers with a diagonal support arm were concreted, and in three others with a „V” shape. The hangers were interlocked with Ø 6 mm anchoring rods to stabilize the mesh embedded in the texture layer. The samples were made of concrete of class C 12/15, while the inner layer was thermal insulation in the form of expanded polystyrene. Tests of the resistance of the pull-out anchors were carried out using Hydrajaws 2008 Pull-out Tester. Each anchor was tested individually. Bonded anchors M 12 were used. The results were summarized in 15 tests (9 diagonal anchors and 6 points). The tests were carried out until the anchor fixings were destroyed. The increase in force during a single attempt was determined on the basis of a video recording in relation to each attempted extraction. When attempts were made to remove the diagonal anchors, steel brackets and angular wooden washers were used to achieve the effect of axial removal of anchors. The role of diagonal anchors in the work of the three-layer element has been discussed.