Old building retrofitting works are the processes of extending the life and making it more useful by increasing the strength of the structure, which has been tired, deformed, and some destruction has occurred in its carrier elements over time. Depending on the time of an old building, situations such as decay and corrosion of steel retrofits may occur. Again, depending on time, the amount of concrete may decrease and settlements may occur on the ground of the building. Such situations reduce the strength of the structural systems of the building and reduce their capacity to carry the loads on it. For this reason, retrofitting old buildings is a very important application in order to extend the period of use of the building. In addition, since old buildings are generally masonry structures and the materials used are obtained by primitive methods, they must be strengthened. In this regard, as Oftek Construction, we have been serving for many years and we have successfully fulfilled all the reinforcement works we have received so far. You can secure yourself by choosing us.
How is Retrofitting in Old Buildings?
In the old building strengthening process, firstly, the structure to be strengthened should be examined by experts such as engineers and architects and it should be determined what kind of strengthening method will be applied. Each building has its own unique features. In other words, the carrier systems, the materials used, the forces applied on it are different. For this reason, it is necessary to use unique strengthening methods for each structure. Before retrofitting, the structure should be subjected to some performance analyzes and the statics of the structure should be revealed. For these processes, if there are architectural and static projects prepared in advance, these are examined, if not, new projects are prepared with survey studies and it is decided how the strengthening should be done.
Since old buildings are also a kind of historical buildings, reinforcement methods to be used in these buildings include strengthening; ground reinforcement, strengthening of the carrier system, strengthening of the materials used by adding. Apart from this, methods such as increasing the strength of the structure by eliminating the deficiencies occurring in some parts of the structure, increasing the strength of the structure with the application of integration, and renewing the aging parts by using appropriate materials can be used.
Retrofitting can also be made by using materials suitable for the previous material for situations such as plaster loss and loss of binding material. Here, the use of materials suitable for the previously used material is an important issue in order to prevent the loads that two different materials will apply to each other from damaging the structure. For the deformations occurring in the walls of the building, it is possible to increase the strength by using fibrous polymer rods or by injection method. Thus, with the old building reinforcement methods applied, the life of the structure will be extended and its strength will increase.