Welded Masonry Support

IG’s Welded Masonry Support (WMS) is a rigid masonry support system comprising of fixed brackets welded to a stainless steel angle support shelf.

Welded Masonry Support

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IG’s Welded Masonry Support (WMS) is a rigid masonry support system comprising of fixed brackets welded to a stainless steel angle support shelf.

Each system is supplied with lock washers, shims and fixings to aid installation. WMS is designed and manufactured to engineers’ specifications on a project basis and offers three planes of adjustability onsite.

Brackets, angle support shelf and lock washers are manufactured from either 304/304L Austenitic Stainless Steel (1.4301/1.4307) or 316/316L (1.4401/1.4404) on request. Thermal shims are manufactured from A1fire-rated composite material and stainless steel shims of various thicknesses are available on request. The material content of the system is optimised to ensure the most economical solution is designed.

Application

Stainless steel masonry support systems support the outer leaf masonry material on steel or concrete framed structures.

Welded Masonry Support can support any outer leaf masonry material:

Brickwork
Fair-face blockwork
Rendered blockwork
Reconstituted Stone

Welded Masonry Support (A) IG Masonry Support

Fixing to concrete slab

Welded Masonry Support (B) IG Masonry Support

Fixing to I-beam with wing plates

Welded Masonry Support (C) IG Masonry Support

Fixing to Cast-in Channel

Welded Masonry Support (D) IG Masonry Support

Fixing to box section

Adjustability

IG’s Welded Masonry Support provides significant adjustability on three planes to ensure that building tolerances can be accommodated and contact with structural reinforcing bar can be avoided.

Vertical adjustment

Vertical adjustment is offered by means of a toothed Lock Washer which is inserted into the serrated slot in the support bracket. The lock washer can be adjusted vertically to move the bracket higher or lower.
The serrated area at the back of the bracket allows up to 15mm of adjustment in either direction on the vertical plane.

Lateral Adjustment

The Lock Washer also providers lateral adjustment via the oval-shaped hole in the washer. The fixing can be moved +/- 2mm laterally to allow for fine adjustment.

Shimming

To accommodate a small increase in cavity width, shims can be inserted between the support structure and the brackets. Thermal shims are provided as standard to reduce thermal bridging in a thickness of 2mm and stainless steel shims are
available to order in a range of thicknessess (3, 4, 5 and 6mm).

Full information on adjustability can be found in our comprehensive Technical Data Sheet.

Product Design and Testing

Masonry support falls within the scope of harmonised European Standard BS EN 1090-1:2009 +A1:2011 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components. IG Masonry Support comply with all CPR and CE marking requirements of this Standard, including designs to EN 1993 (Eurocode 3) and external certification of factory production controls by an approved body. The company is certified by the BBA and Eurofins to undertake welded fabrication work to Execution Class 2 according to BS EN1090-2:2018.

A1 non-combustible material

All IG Masonry Support’s masonry support systems are manufactured from 304/304L Austenitic Stainless Steel (1.4301/1.4307) or 316/316L (1.4401/1.4404) on request. Stainless steel is considered A1 fire-rated without the need for testing in
accordance with the guidance of the European Commission Paper 96/603/EC as referenced in BS EN 13501-1:2018.

Thermal conductivity

Approved Document L Volume 2 places specific emphasis on the performance of building details and the additional heat losses through linear thermal bridging. To support this requirement, all IG Masonry Support’s masonry support systems are manufactured from 304/304L Austenitic Stainless Steel (1.4301/1.4307) or 316/316L (1.4401/1.4404) on request. Stainless steel has among the lowest thermal conductivity of any metal at approximately 15 watts per kelvin per metre. IG also supply a thermal shim as standard with every masonry support system, which must be located between the back of the bracket and the support structure.

Installation of WMS

Correct installation is essential for the success of your project. Therefore, we have made every effort to help you by creating an easy-to-use installation guide for Welded Masonry Support.

Should you have any technical questions prior to or during installation, please call +44 (0)1283 200157 for friendly straightforward advice.

Discuss Your Project

Contact our technical design team to collaborate or enquire about a project.

Welded Masonry Support Variations

Several variations of our standard Welded Masonry Support System are shown below. We offer a number of other configurations, please contact our Technical Team for further information.

WMS Standard

WMS Dropper

WMS Cavity Closer

WMS Inverted

WMS Plaster Key

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IG’s Welded Masonry Support (WMS) is a rigid masonry support system comprising of fixed brackets welded to a stainless steel angle support shelf.

Application

Adjustability

Vertical adjustment

Lateral Adjustment

Shimming

Product Design and Testing

A1 non-combustible material

Thermal conductivity

Installation of WMS

Discuss Your Project

Welded Masonry Support Variations

WMS Standard

WMS Dropper

WMS Cavity Closer

WMS Inverted

WMS Plaster Key

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