SHORING

SHORING IS SUPPORTING OR PROPPING OF STRUCTURE WITH

SHORES.
SHORE IS A MEMBER USED TEMPORARILY TO SUPPORT A WALL

WHICH IS EITHER

DEFECTIVE OR LIKELY TO COLLAPSE OR

LIKELY TO BECOME SO WHEN ALTERATIONS ARE MADE TO

ADJACENT PROPERTY OR

BEING ALTERED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE LOWER PORTION FOR

RECONSTRUCTION

SHORING
THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF SHORING
1) RAKING SHORE
2) FLYING OR HORIZONTAL SHORE

3) VERTICAL OR DEAD OR NEEDLE SHORE

RAKING SHORE:
THESES ARE INCLINED STRUTS MAINLY USED TO SUPPORT A WALL

WHICH SHOWS SIGNS OF FAILURE AS CRACKS OR BULGE DUE

TO THRUST FROM UPPER FLOORS OR BECAUSE OF UNEQUAL
SETTLEMENT OF ITS FOUNDATION.

 THE INCLINATION OF THE SHORE DEPENDS UPON THE SITE

CONDITIONS.
PREFERABLY,

THE ANGLE BETWEEN GROUND AND SHORE

SHOULD BE 600 BUT NOT MORE THAN 750 .

RAKING SHORE IS PROVIDED AT AN INTERVAL OF 3.7M TO 4.5M

C/C
THE CENTRE LINE OF THE SHORES SHOULD INTERSECT THE

CENTRE LINE OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WALL PLATE

HORIZONTAL OR FLYING SHORE

THESE ARE COMMONLY APPLIED AS TEMPORARY SUPPORT TO A

DILAPIDATED

WALL FRONTING A NARROW STREET OPPOSITE

WHICH, IS A BUILDING AVAILABLE AS ABUTMENT.

RAKING SHORE IS NOT PREFERABLE AS IT WOULD IMPEDE THE

BUILDING WORK OR INTERFERE WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT

THESE DO NOT REQUIRE GROUND SUPPORT
THE FLYING SHORE SYSTEMS ARE PLACED NEAR THE END OF THE

OPPOSITE WALL AND FROM 3.7M TO 4.5M C/C INTERVAL.

DEAD OR NEEDLE SHORING

DEAD OR NEEDLE SHORING, OFTEN MORE SIMPLY REFERRED TO AS

PROPPING.
USED FOR SUPPORTING EXISTING SUPER STRUCTURE I.E. WALLS,

FLOORS AND ROOFING WHILE WORKS ARE CARRIED OUT TO FORM

OPENINGS OR REMOVE WALLS AT LOWER LEVEL.
TIMBER UPRIGHTS ARE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT LOADS FROM A

STRUCTURE, NORMALLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH WEDGES OR

HEAD AND SOLE PLATES TO DISTRIBUTE STRESSES OVER LARGER

AREAS.

 NEEDLES OF HORIZONTAL TIMBER ARE INSERTED THROUGH WALLS

SUPPORTED ON DEAD SHORES BOTH THE SIDES TO CREATE WORKING

SPACE FOR THE OPENING TO BE FORMED.

THE NUMBER OF DEAD SHORES TO BE USED IS DETERMINED BY THE

AMOUNT OF LOAD AND THE LOCATION.

APPLICATIONS
PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THE SUPER STRUCTURE OF THE BLDG. IN
FOLLWING CASES
TO REBUILD THE DEFECTIVE LOWER PART OF THE WALL
TO REBUILD OR DEEPEN THE EXISTING FOUNDATION
TO MAKE LARGE OPENINGS IN THE EXISTING WALL AT LOWER LEVEL

MAIN COMPONENTS:
DEAD SHORE: VERTICAL POSTS. STAND AWAY FROM WALL TO

AVOID OBSTRUCTION TO WORK

NEEDLES: HORIZONTAL MEMBERS. TRANSFER LOAD OF WALL TO

DEAD SHORE. SPACED 1.2M TO 1.8M APART. MIN. 3 NEEDLES

REQD.
SOLE PLATES: SHORES ARE SUPPORTED ON THESE. A CONTINUOUS

MEMBER FOR A DEAD SHORE IN A ROW

FOLDING WEDGES: SHORES & SOLE PLATE HAVE THESE TO TIGHTEN

THE SYSTEM
BRACINGS: NEEDLES AND SHORES ARE BRACED FOR GREATER

STABILITY.

FLOOR SUPPORT SYSTEM:

CONSISTS OF STRUTS SUPPORTED AT THE TOP WITH HEAD & BOTTOM

WITH SILL.
FOLDING WEDGES PROVIDED TO TIGHTEN THE JOINT BETWEEN

STRUT AND CILL

STRUTS ARE PLACED 1.2M TO 1.8M C/C APART TO RELIEVE THE

WALL UNDER REPAIR AS MUCH WEIGHT FROM THE ROOF AND

FLOOR AS POSSIBLE.
RAKING SHORES MAY BE PROVIDED IN CASE EXTERNAL WALL IS

WEAK

REMOVAL OF SHORES
REMOVAL WHEN WORK HAS GAINED SUFFICIENT STRENGTH OR

AFTER 7 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF WORK.

INTERVAL OF 2 DAYS SHOULD BE ALLOWED BETWEEN EACH ONE

OF REMOVAL OF THE FOLLOWING IN SEQUENCE

NEEDLES
STRUTTINGS FROM OPENINGS
FLOOR STRUTTING AND RAKING SHORE, IF ANY