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Ceejay Construction Joint Former
  • Provides for longitudinal and vertical masonry movement whilst maintaining lateral stability and providing fire protection if required.
  • Reduces the likelihood of unsightliness and error in movement joint construction. Fast and simple to fit.
  • Independently tested and assessed to provide a safe working load in shear of 500N per tie.
  • Designed to meet the requirements of BS5628 Part 3 -Use of Masonry.
  • Fire rated Ceejays are colour coded and have been tested in accordance with BS476 Parts 20 & 22, achieving an integrity and insulation rating of 2 or 4 hours respectively.

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IN-LINE INSTALLATION:

  • Placed in continuous lengths of wall, typically at centres of 6m in blockwork and 10m in brickwork. Exact locations to be determined by designer.
  • Non-interchangeable ties ensure correct installation. Bonding ties provide a fixing to one side of the joint while sleeved ties allow for movement in the other side.

NEW WALL INTERSECTION INSTALLATION:

  • Ceejay can be used to create construction joint positions at the intersection of two new walls when at right angles.
  • Short in-line tie packs make the necessary allowance for masonry thickness.

COLUMN FIX INSTALLATION:

  • May be fixed to existing masonry walls, concrete or steel framework.
  • Plug & screw pack and sleeved ties only used from the universal tie pack.

MATERIAL:

Stainless Steel Profiles 0.7mm stainless steel to BS EN 10088/2 Grade 1.4301
Mild Steel Profiles: 0.8mm pre-galvanised mild steel to BS EN 10327:2004 DX51D+Z275
Stainless Steel Ties: 1.5mm stainless steel to BS EN 10088/2 Grade 1.4301
Mild Steel Ties: 2.0mm mild steel to BS EN 10327:2004 DX51D+Z275 with Delta Coating.
Sleeves: 1.0mm PVC.
Coach Screws: M6 x 50mm stainless steel or galvanised.
Masonry Plugs: High density polythene.

FINISH:

Stainless steel or pre-galvanised mild steel with black epoxy coated powder finish.

HEAD RESTRAINT INSTALLATION:

  • Ceejay can be fixed to underside of beam/slab in line with the head of the wall.
  • Ties to be placed in alternate mortar joints.

OPTIONS:

Additional brick spacers are provided when expansion allowance is to be made for clay based bricks.

TO ORDER:

Select Ceejay model no. from table (see page 73) to suit material requirement (galvanised or stainless steel), masonry width, fire rating. Fixing packs to suit installation.

Example:

Galvanised Ceejay Construction joint former to suit 100mm blockwork with 2 hour fire rating. To be used as Column Fix.

Products required are as follows:

CJG100F2—Profile with 2 hour fire rating.
CJGTPAK—Universal Tie Pack.
CJGPSPAK—Fixing Pack.

To be used with brickwork, replace fire rating code with brick spacer code.

CJG100BS—Profile with brick spacer.

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