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Types of Shoring

Shoring is the construction of temporary structures to support unsafe or unstable structures until repairs can be made. There are three main types of shoring: raking, flying, and dead. Raking shoring uses inclined members called rakers to provide lateral support to walls. Flying shoring supports party walls where an intermediate building is being demolished and rebuilt using horizontal and inclined struts between wall plates. Dead shoring provides vertical support to walls, roofs, and floors when parts of the lower walls have been removed, such as for new openings, using beams and vertical posts to transfer the load above to the foundation below.

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Types of Shoring

Shoring is the construction of temporary structures to support unsafe or unstable structures until repairs can be made. There are three main types of shoring: raking, flying, and dead. Raking shoring uses inclined members called rakers to provide lateral support to walls. Flying shoring supports party walls where an intermediate building is being demolished and rebuilt using horizontal and inclined struts between wall plates. Dead shoring provides vertical support to walls, roofs, and floors when parts of the lower walls have been removed, such as for new openings, using beams and vertical posts to transfer the load above to the foundation below.

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SHORING

Shoring is the construction of a temporary structure to support temporarily an umsafe structure.


These sjpport walls literally. Shoring can be used when walls budge out when walls crack due to
unequal settlement of foundation and repairs are to be carried out to the cracked walls when an
adjacent structure needs pulling down when openings are to be newly made or enlarged in a wall.

TYPES OF SHORING
1. Raking Shoring
2. Flying Shoring
3. Dead Shoring

RAKING SHORING
In this method, inclined members known as rakers are used to give lateral supports to walls (figure
1 to 3). A raking shore consist of the following components:
1. Rakers or inclined members
2. Wall plate
3. Needles
4. Cleats
5. Bracing
6. Sole plate

The following points are to be kept in view for the use of the raking shores:
1. Rakers are to be inclined on the ground at 45˚. However, the angle may be between 45˚ and 75˚.
2. For tall buildings, the length of the raker can be reduced by introducing ride rakee
3. Rakers should be properly braced at intervals.
4. The size of the rakers is to be decided on the basis of anticipated thrust from the wall.
5. The centre line of a raker and the wall should meet at the floor level.
6. Shoring may be spaced out at 3 to 4.5m spacing cover longer length of the bar.
7. The sole plate should be properly embedded into the ground on an inclination and should be of
proper section and size.

FLYING SHORING
Flying shores is a system of providing temporary supports to the party walls of the two buildings
where the intermediate building is to be pulled down and rebuilt. All types of arrangements of
supporting the unsafe structure in which the sheets do not reach the ground come under this
category. The flying shore consists of wall plates, needles, cleats, horizontal struts (commonly
known as horizontal shores) and inclined struts arranged in different forms which varies with the
situation. In this system also the wall plates are placed against the wall and secured to it.

A horizontal strut is placed between the wall plates and is supported by a system of needle and
cleats. The inclined struts are supported by the needle at their top and by straining pieces at their
feet. The straining piece is also known as straining soil and is spiked to the horizontal shore. The
width of straining piece is the same as of the strut.

When the distance between the walls (to be strutted apart) is considerable, a horizontal shore
cannot be safe and a trussed framework of members is necessary to prepare the function of flying
shore.

DEAD SHORING
Dead shore is a system of shoring which is used to render vertical support to walls and roofs,
floors etc. when the lower part of a wall has been removed for the purpose of providing an
opening in the wall or to rebuild defective load bearing wall in a structure.

The dead shore consists of an arrangement of beams and posts which are required to support the
weight of the structure above and transfer same to the ground on firm foundation below.

When openings in the wall are to be made, holes are cut in the wall at such height as to allow
sufficient space for insertion of beam or girder that will be provided permanently to carry the
weight of the structure above.

Distance at which the holes are cut depends upon the type of masonry and it varies from 1.2m to
1mim centre. Beams called needles are placed in the holes and are supported by vertical props
called dead shores at their ends on their side of the wall. The needles may be of timber or steel and
are of sufficient section to carry the load above.

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