Sock Anchor Installation System and Method

A method of installing a sock anchor into a preformed cavity in a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

• taking or cutting an elongate tension member to a length that corresponds with a depth of the preformed cavity;
• taking or cutting a textile sleeve to a length that corresponds with a depth of the preformed cavity, wherein, in use the textile sleeve provides an outer sleeve of the installed sock anchor, and is arranged to envelop cementitious material and the inner elongate tension member;
• taking or cutting an elongate hollow tube to a length that corresponds with a depth of the preformed cavity;
• attaching the elongate hollow tube to an outlet end of an injection mechanism, wherein the injection mechanism is configured to contain and dispense cementitious material into the hollow tube and the preformed cavity;
• priming the hollow tube until at least partially filled with cementitious material;
• inserting the tension member into the hollow tube thereby coating the tension member in cementitious material;
• applying the textile sleeve to the elongate hollow tube thereby encapsulating the hollow tube;
• inserting, as a unit, the textile sleeve, the hollow tube and the tension member into the preformed cavity until fully inserted;
• injecting cementitious material into the hollow tube and preformed cavity such that the cementitious material fills the preformed cavity and at the same time displaces the hollow tube from the preformed cavity whilst leaving the textile sleeve, tension member and cementitious material inside the preformed cavity.