Representing the major manufacturers of fixing systems which are set in drilled holes in all construction materials including Concrete, Brickwork, Blockwork, Stonework and Plasterboard - many with European Technical Approvals (ETAs).
Our mission:
“Ensuring best fixings practice”.
Our audience:
Specifiers, Installers and Distributors of construction fixings.
Our objective:
To help you select, install and anchor bolts to ensure their safe and cost effective use.
Our means:
Guidance Notes, Sample Method Statements, FAQs, Articles and News Items.
Our members:
CFA Full Members are Fischer Fixings UK Ltd, 2K polymer systems Ltd, Hilti GB Ltd, Rawlplug Ltd, Simpson Strong-Tie Liebig, Spit Fixings Ltd. For access to members’ websites click on their logo.
Our Partners:
To find an Approved Distributor who meets the high standards we demand of them and can supply products from full members go to the Approved Distributors section where you can see a full listing, find your nearest stockist, view their own page and go direct to their website.
To find an Approved Tester capable of on-site testing of anchors, safety harness eyebolts, anchors for scaffolding and seasonal decorations and more, all to CFA procedures, go to the Approved Tester section.
Our products:
Our members specialise in all categories of drilled construction fixings and anchor bolts including: Expansion anchors: Torque controlled – throughbolts, wedge anchors, shield and heavy duty sleeve types, Hammer set - drop-in socket anchors; Undercut anchors set in self undercut and drilled undercut holes; Bonded anchors including spin-in resin anchor capsule and injection resin cartridge systems, fast curing chemical anchor systems; Self-tapping concrete screws; Light duty plastic and nylon fixings including frame fixings, hammer-in fixings, nail-in, cavity fixings, toggle and plasterboard fixings; Special systems for suspended ceilings, rebar anchoring, ringbolts for scaffold ties, steeplejacking, remedial cavity wall-ties and more.
Our advice:
Covers all aspects of the use of fixings including, Selection of anchors by Partial Safety Factor approach (Concrete capacity method) according to ETAG 001, or Global Safety Factor approach; Installation of anchors with Sample Method Statements; On-site testing of anchors to ultimate load or proof load, calculating allowable loads; Guidance Notes cover many topics including Corrosion – oxidation, bi-metallic (galvanic), stress corrosion; Fixings and Fire; Fixings for Masonry Facades, HAVS and much more.
