Pre-laid
reinforced brick panel
Poundfield Products Ltd - New pre-laid boundary wall offers massive time and cost savings
Designed to dramatically cut the time and
cost of building a traditional brick wall, the Betabric Pre-laid
Boundary Wall, a new product from Ipswich-based Poundfield
Products Ltd, created huge interest among civil engineers, main
contractors and developers when it was previewed at the Civils
exhibition in November last year.
Capable of delivering overall installed cost-savings of up to
50%, the Betabric Pre-laid Boundary Wall uses real bricks
moulded into 6-metre long panels, each containing 880 bricks,
that can be put into place almost irrespective of prevailing
weather conditions. Measured against conventional building
methods, the company expects to achieve average on-site
time-savings of 75%.
The secret of the new product lies in the structural vertical
and horizontal reinforcing that allows a panel 2.4 metres high
to be built from a single course of bricks, cutting the cost of
materials in half. The absence of the need for either skilled
bricklayers or additional supporting piers produces further
significant savings.
Moreover, installation requires no continuous foundation:
concrete positioning trays with integral rebars are simply
placed at 6 metre intervals in a pre-dug trench 750 mm deep and
500 mm wide. The Betabric panel is lowered onto the trays in a
single lift, positioned between the rebars and propped. Concrete
is then poured into the trench and a proprietary sealant is used
to fill the joints between the panels.
Any type of standard-size brick can be used, enabling a Betabric
wall to blend cleanly into any type of development. Because each
panel is manufactured in a controlled factory environment,
consistent quality can be guaranteed. Smaller size panels are
available on request.
Poundfield Products also manufacture the Betabric Pre-laid
Retaining Wall; of a similar construction to the Boundary Wall,
this product again utilises real bricks but casts them into a
solid concrete panel capable of retaining soil up to its full
height of 1.8 metres.
Email:
sales@poundfield.com