Slitting brick masonry

MakesuretoobservetheGermanDIN10531:111996onslitsandopeningsinwalls(seetablebelow)
("AusfhrungvonSchlitzenundffnungeninWnden").
AccordingtoDIN1053retroactivemortisingisnotpermissible(generallyappliestomasonry).
Onlytheuseofawallchaserguaranteesthatthedefinedslitdepthwillbeachieved.
In addition to this make sure: to maintain the largest possible distance to highly loaded masonry (e.g. below supports), avoid
cuttinginsmallpillars,horizontalslitsareonlyadmissibleinamaximumdistanceof40cmabovethegroundorbelowtheceiling.

Markholeandusestandarddrilling
machinewithdiamonddrydrilling
bittodrillthecorehole.

Removeremainingbrickparticlesand
cuttingsandtheperfectholefor
electricinstallationsisready.

Specialwallchaserwith2diamond
cuttingwheelsandadjustablecutwidth
anddepth.

Slittingbrickswithawallchaser.

Cleaningprecutslitsusinghammerand
chisel.

Puttingtheelectricinstallationintothe
slits.

Admissibleslitsandopeningsinloadbearingwallswithoutproof
wallthickness

>115
>175
>240
>300
>365

horizontalanddiagonalslits
retroactivelycut
slitlength
2)
unlimited
>1,25m
3)
slitdepth
Schlitztiefe

0
<25
< 1 5
<25
<20
<30
<20
<30

slitdepth
<10
<30
<30
<30
<30

4)

verticalslitsandopenings
retroactivelycut
widthof
distancebetween
5)
individualslit
openings
<100
<100
<150
<200
<200

<115

sum
5)
slitwidth

<260
<385
<385
<385

1) Horizontalanddiagonalslitsareonlypermissibleinanareaof<0.4maboveorbelowtherawceilingandoneonsideofthewall,each.Theyarenotpermissibleinhorizontalcoringbricks.
2) Minimumdistanceinlongitudinaldirectionbetweenopenings>490mm,tothenexthorizontalslitdoubleslitlength.3)Thedepthmaybeincreasedby10mm,iftoolsareusedwhichallowprecisemaintainingof
givendepth.Ifthesetoolsareused,itisalsopermittedtocutslitswith10mmdeptheach,lyingoppositeinwalls>240mm.
4)Slitsreachingtomax.1mabovethefloorarepermissiblewithawallthickness>240mmwith80mmdepthand120mmwidth.5)Thetotalwidthofslitsaccordingtocolumn5and7maynotexceedthedimensions
statedincolumn7for2mwalllength,each.Ifthewalllengthislessthan2mthevaluesstatedincolumn7mustbereducedinproportiontothewalllength.