Wall tie survey referrals across Northern Ireland

Many homes across Northern Ireland were built with cavity walls held together by metal ties, and on older or exposed properties those ties can corrode until the outer leaf loses its grip on the inner one. The people who notice first are rarely the ones who fix it. A building surveyor writes up horizontal cracking in a report, a lender asks for the wall to be checked before releasing funds, a roofer or plasterer opens up a section and finds flaking steel, or a letting agent hears a tenant mention a crack that keeps widening. That is the point to refer. Your client books a wall tie survey at a set price confirmed when they book, so the cost is settled before anyone arrives. A local specialist then visits and typically inspects the ties inside the cavity through a small hole drilled in a mortar joint. They record the tie type, how far corrosion has gone and which elevations were checked. Where replacement looks necessary, the specialist explains what remedial ties would involve and why. Where the cracking has a different cause, they say so, so a buyer or owner is not chasing the wrong repair. The written findings go to your client, who can pass them to a lender, insurer, solicitor or future purchaser as they see fit.

What a referral does for the people you advise

• The price is fixed at booking, before a single test hole is drilled.
• Ties are looked at inside the cavity rather than judged from cracks on the brick face alone.
• Findings are written down with tie type, condition and the walls inspected, ready for a lender or buyer file.
• Corroding ties are told apart from cracking caused by something else.
• Access, timing and any follow-up questions are handled between your client and the specialist.

Go to the enquiry page and give your firm name, the sort of properties you usually deal with and the best number or email to reach you. Wall Tie Survey NI will reply to agree a referral arrangement that suits how you work. Please make sure your client agrees before you share their details.