Wall-tie-engaging sheathing-retaining device

In a method for securing a sheathing panel against a concrete wall having a wall surface and at least one wall-tie of rectangular cross-section embedded in the wall and extending from the wall surface to a distal wall-tie end by using press-fit sheathing retention devices engaged with the wall-ties, the improvement wherein:

• before the sheathing is placed against the concrete wall and the sheathing retention devices engaged with the wall-ties, the concrete wall is poured and cured;
• leaving in place the wall-ties with their extensions beyond the outer wall surface, to provide projections from the wall surface without concrete-puncturing fastener attachment;
• pushing the sheathing panel toward the previously-cured wall surface, thereby causing the wall-ties to penetrate through the sheathing panel such that the distal end(s) of the wall-tie(s) are exposed at the outer surface thereof, thereby to puncture and penetrate through the sheathing panel onto the previously-cured wall surface without having added mechanical fasteners to the wall surface;
• pressing onto the distal end of each wall-tie one of the press-fit sheathing-retention devices, each sheathing retention device including a tie-engagement channel portion having a channel with a substantially rectangular-cross-section of a same general shape as the rectangular cross-section of the wall-tie;
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• urging the tie-engagement channel portion of each sheathing-retention device along the respective wall-tie toward the poured and cured wall surface until the sheathing panel is snugly held against the wall by the press-fit sheathing-retention device(s).