Masonry Magazine February 1964 Page. 16
AA WIRE FLUSH WELDED PRODUCTS
IMPORTANT NEWS!
ECONO-LOK®
THE B.O.C.A. APPROVED BONDER
(Building Officials Conference of America)
FOR COMPOSITE MASONRY WALLS
ELIMINATE BRICK HEADERS
CONTROL CRACKING IN BLOCK BACK-UP
(Both Face Shells Shrink Equally. Both Face Shells Must Be Reinforced)
ACHIEVE HOMOGENOUS BOND
(Reinforcing wires in Both Face Shells provide Double Bond into Back-Up)
Made of all 3/16" wire or all #9 wire. Made in 12 foot lengths with 4" wide box ties 16" O.C. (9 ties per length). Available finish: Galvanized box ties with brite basic side rods; all mill galvanized wire; hot-dipped galvanized after fabrication.
Now available, reinforcements that provide maximum bond and strength for any mortar joint:
ACTUAL SIZE
cross ties
#11 gauge
side rods
ACTUAL SIZE
cross ties
#9 gauge
side rods
ACTUAL SIZE
cross ties
#8 gauge
side rods.
ACTUAL SIZE
cross ties
3/16"
side rods,
THIN JOINT FOR THE 14" MORTAR JOINT
#11 ga., 120 dia, longitudinal wires; 12 ga., 1055 dia. cross ties.
STANDARD BLOK-LOK® FOR "
MORTAR JOINT
19 ga., 148 dia. longitudinal wires; 19 ga., 148 dia. cross ties.
F. S. STANDARD BLOK-LOK FOR
" MORTAR JOINT
#ga., 162 dia. longitudinal wires; 19 go., 148 dia. cross ties.
HEAVY DUTY BLOK-LOK FOR THICK
MORTAR JOINT
3/16" longitudinal wires; 9 ga., 148 dia. cross ties.
BLOK-LOK
plants in
Chicago, Illinois:
Dallas, Texas and
Toronto, Canada
Reinforcement is effective only if it is in bond. An increase in the cross sectional a of knurled reinforcement (AA Wire reinforcement side rods knurled 75% of perime results in increased bond if mortar coverage is adequate (see Hunt Laboratory rep available on request). A good rule of thumb for adequate mortar coverage is that thickness of reinforcement should not exceed one-half the thickness of the mortar jo
Reg. U.S. Pat Off. © 1962 AA Wire Products Company
WIRE PRODUCTS COMPANY
714 E. 61st Street, Chicago 37, Illinois-PH: Midway 3-8203 Dept. mc 2-64
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