ST AWARDS 2017
WINNER Product Innovation Award COMPANY: Joyner Bolt Project: Joyner Bolt™
CATEGORY SPONSOR
Timber Trade Federation growing the use of wood
PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD
rods are even more difficult, needing to be cut and de-burred before use. Until the invention of Joyner Bolt at the end of 2015 these were the only two bolt fixing options available to the construction industry. Now all of the costly quality and performance disadvantages of coach-bolts and threaded rods have been overcome in one product and Joyner Bolt™ offers a quality timber fixing every time from an easy to select, task specific range of only 10 bolts.
Joyner Bolt™ is the first new bolted timber fixing in the world for 150 years and offers quality performance and overall cost savings for the increasingly demanding construction industry. A British invention with patents secured around the world, Joyner Bolt has global application potential, not least because of its inbuilt simplicity to use. Joyner Bolt was developed over a five year period by Dan Hardingham and Mark Doye, both of whom work in the construction industry and have first-hand experience of the limitations and inefficiencies experienced with traditional bolted fixings.
products available for fixing timber. This resulted in a number of practical revisions and additions from increasing the size of the head to allow end users to use the product when they had drilled oversized holes through to producing an optimum but limited range of lengths specified cover all of the major joints used on site which speeds up the selection process and reduces stock holding and misuse.
Both of the co-inventors had prior knowledge and experience of working with timber through previous careers and used this to help provide a modern day solution to the issue of a quality timber fixing. During the five year development period, the team consulted everyone in the construction chain from architect to end user to gain feedback on the limitations of the current
Joining ‘timber to timber’ or to a third party material using a coach bolt or threaded rod is frustrating, wasteful and time consuming and more often than not results in an inefficient joint which then faces rejection from structural engineers or building control. The head of the bolt can spin and be pulled into the timber, shattering the wood and compromising the joint. Threaded
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Even if the drilled hole is oversize, Joyner Bolt’s teeth will bite and hold the bolt securely in place and maintain the integrity of the fixing whereas a coach bolt will pull through or fall out causing time and cost issues. Because the teeth grip the timber securely Joyner Bolt can be tightened with only one hand even in awkward spaces. A coach bolt requires two hands for tightening, often with restricted access and view which is again a cost issue. Joyner Bolt is also proving to be the fixing of choice with a growing list of new timber style materials, most particularly glulam and it also has the potential to be manufactured in other materials e.g. stainless steel for oak frame buildings. Importantly, regardless of the skill and experience of the user Joyner Bolt guarantees a quality joint every time. For all general enquiries please contact: www.joynerboltukltd.com