Our Culvert Bags consist of a specifically manufactured mix that is designed to give optimum strength set over as short a period as possible, and to carry on a give a full set cure of 34mpa over 28 days and 15mpa after 7 days. They are also designed to be cost effective as in number of bags per square meter, approximately 10 bags per m of face area. They weigh 35kg and are in polypropylene bags with low UV resistance for quick breakdown. The bag size is W300mm x L500mm x H200mm and there is 40 bags per pallet.
Uses:
Key Benefits:
Uses:
- Retaining walls/Erosion control
- Riverbank protection
- Flumes and Chutes (on steep roadsides)
- Sea walls (mix requires waterproofing)
- Dam headwalls on farms
- Walls at the end of cattle underpasses
- For filling Gabion baskets (river protection)
- Stabilising tracks
- Around bridge abutments
- For laying in soft part of gravel roads to give hard base for traffic
- Erosion repairs in earth dams
Key Benefits:
- Flexible and versatile construction method
- Consistent high strength achieved
- Environmentally friendly bag material breaks down to leave concrete block
- Easier and faster to construct compared with pre-cast concrete crib and walling
- Cost effective use of contractor labour