What are the metal accents for? Do they serve a purpose?
Walking though older cities and villages I keep seeing these metal bars on the outside of buildings. Do they serve a purpose or just accent decor on the exterior?
To hold the exterior walls together: there’s a metal bar to the other side of the building, or it’s attached to a wooden beam that goes to the other side of the building.
They do serve a purpose. They help hold the masonry together (or tied to the wooden flooring, which results in the same thing). Sometimes they might be purely decorative though. I guess it’s not the case in your pics.
usernameinspiration on
Dat zijn gevelankers die er voor zorgen dat de gevel niet kantelt. In de moderne bouw worden die nog steeds gebruikt, maar zijn ze volledig weggewerkt
_kempert on
Afaik they join the inner wood beams to the outer walls, so the structure is secure. Old technology, but adds character. Nowadays they are often added as decoration in newer buildings.
heatseaking_rock on
Yes. They are anchors, preventing bulging of outer walls or anchoring floors or beams to the facade.
Illarche on
These are wall anchors, ‘muurankers’ in Dutch
They anchor the walls of the house onto the main beams, so the walls don’t buckle.
This can be used to prevent a wall to bend and collapse. They put a long steel shaft across the house and put those anchors at each ends. They heat the steel shaft which dilates. They screw the anchors as there is more room now. Then the steel cool down which pulls the wall in a few multimeter. They do this operation again until the walls are straight and then it prevents the walls to bend ever again.
Circoloomnium on
We need more pictures. This is not enough.
Dry-Courage6664 on
To hold the wooden beams. The bigger it is, the bigger the beam.
CannyBanny on
Gotta add these and the boot wipe things to a FAQ somewhere
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Big staples to staple houses together
To hold the exterior walls together: there’s a metal bar to the other side of the building, or it’s attached to a wooden beam that goes to the other side of the building.
Or it’s just for decoration.
//Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_plate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_plate
They do serve a purpose. They help hold the masonry together (or tied to the wooden flooring, which results in the same thing). Sometimes they might be purely decorative though. I guess it’s not the case in your pics.
Dat zijn gevelankers die er voor zorgen dat de gevel niet kantelt. In de moderne bouw worden die nog steeds gebruikt, maar zijn ze volledig weggewerkt
Afaik they join the inner wood beams to the outer walls, so the structure is secure. Old technology, but adds character. Nowadays they are often added as decoration in newer buildings.
Yes. They are anchors, preventing bulging of outer walls or anchoring floors or beams to the facade.
These are wall anchors, ‘muurankers’ in Dutch
They anchor the walls of the house onto the main beams, so the walls don’t buckle.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muuranker
So the houses don’t fall apart
I think we got it after one picture lol.
This can be used to prevent a wall to bend and collapse. They put a long steel shaft across the house and put those anchors at each ends. They heat the steel shaft which dilates. They screw the anchors as there is more room now. Then the steel cool down which pulls the wall in a few multimeter. They do this operation again until the walls are straight and then it prevents the walls to bend ever again.
We need more pictures. This is not enough.
To hold the wooden beams. The bigger it is, the bigger the beam.
Gotta add these and the boot wipe things to a FAQ somewhere