Push pull testing is normally carried out to establish the strength of the fixings are between a typical fixing and concrete.

Push pull testing procedures are performed according to BS5080 Part 1 requirements.

Regardless of the type of bonding material used, the actual testing principles remain the same.

Push pull testing and tensile strength testing is usually performed because many factors which effect apt bonding of the fixings. The greatest concern is that some of these factors may not be noticed when only visual inspection is conducted. Some of these factors are: degraded strength of the bonding material caused by low temperature, frost, or when contaminants infiltrates into the joint. Another reason for poor surface bonding strength is as a result of smooth side walls.

The overall integrity of the whole structure may be weaker so as to loose the integral strength of the structure due to the vital bonding materials fail. Ultimately, this may cause the construction malfunctions leading to disastrous results. Push pull testing gives you early diagnosis of such problems. Because of this, constructors can repair the problems. Early fault detection reduces future problems. This also gives an assurance of any fixings overall strength.

Push pull testing is conducted either on a wide test batch or a smaller intensive batch. Testing always entails duplication of the design maximum stress levels anticipated in construction as required by the standards of the industry. This is not destructive testing so the actual loads applied together with the sample size are determined by the on-site engineers.

Push Pull Testing is a detailed stress testing study of the performance of bonded materials. Should problems be found then the Pull Out Testing can be used to quickly detect the extent of any problem.

Quicker Pull out testing (larger sample testing) may be used under the circumstances where the costs of the large scale is far reaching and problems have been found.

Pull Out Tests can quickly test more fixings and will only show the pass or fail of maximum loads being tested. The test methods are identical as Push Pull Tests but only the pass or failure is recorded. Push Pull Testing is normally used to detect problems the quicker Pull Out Tests can quickly find out the extent of such problems.

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