Dry-stack masonry wall supported on hollow piles
OwnerPaul Daysh, Howard Perko +1inventors
InventorsPaul Daysh, Howard Perko, Troy Lyver
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Abstract
A dry-stack masonry wall supported on hollow piles includes a wall having a plurality of stacked rows of masonry blocks that form a hollow interior grid of horizontal and vertical channels. The wall is supported on piles having hollow interiors, each of which is in communication with one of the vertical channels of the wall. Hardened grout filling the grid of the wall and the interiors of the piles monolithically binds the blocks into a wall which is bonded to and supported by the piles.
Claims7
A dry-stack masonry wall supported on hollow piles comprising:
- a masonry wall having a height, the wall comprising a plurality of rows of masonry blocks, at least one row of said plurality of rows stacked atop another row thereof, each masonry block having a horizontal channel and at least one vertical channel,
- the horizontal channels of the masonry blocks in each row of said plurality of rows in mutual communication, thereby forming a continuous horizontal channel extending along the length of the row,
- the vertical channels of the masonry blocks in each row of said plurality of rows in communication with the vertical channels of the masonry blocks in the other rows thereof to form one or more vertical channels extending along the height of the wall,
- the horizontal and vertical channels intersecting to form a hollow grid within the wall,
- a plurality of rotary piles for substantially vertical placement in soil for supporting the wall, each rotary pile having a top, a bottom, and a hollow interior extending from the top to the bottom thereof, the tops of the plurality of piles engaged with the wall, the hollow interior of each of the plurality of piles in communication with one of the vertical channels of the wall,
- grout disposed in the grid of the wall and in the hollow interiors of the piles to monolithically bond the wall and the plurality of piles together.
A method of budding a dry-stack masonry wall supported on hollow piles, the method comprising:
- installing a plurality of rotary piles in soil for supporting a plurality of rows of masonry blocks, said plurality of rows of masonry blocks including a first row and a second row, each pile of the plurality of piles having a hollow interior,
- laying the first row of masonry blocks on top of the plurality of rotary piles,
- laying a second row of masonry blocks atop the first row, each of the masonry blocks in said first and second rows having a horizontal channel and at least one vertical channel {intersecting the horizontal channel},
- disposing the masonry blocks so that the horizontal channels of the masonry blocks in each said row are in common communication,
- positioning the masonry blocks so that at least one of the vertical channels of each block in each of said first and second rows is in communication with one of the vertical channels of a block in the other of said rows, such that the horizontal and vertical channels of the blocks of the first and second rows meet to form a hollow grid,
- disposing the masonry blocks in said first and second rows so that at least one of the vertical channels thereof is in communication with the hollow interior of one of the plurality of piles,
- filling the hollow grid of the masonry blocks and the hollow interiors of the plurality of piles with grout to bond the blocks of the first and second rows of masonry blocks and the plurality of piles together to form a wall supported on said piles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.