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Corrosion in Concrete - how BFRP can help

Posted by Christopher Hirst on Dec 05, 2018

The size of the UK concrete repair sector is estimated to exceed 3% of the entire construction industry according to the BRE, in this blog we investigate the problems with corrosion and how Basalt FRP can eliminate the problem of corrosion of reinforcement.

BFRP Used in UK bridge construction

Posted by Christopher Hirst on Nov 12, 2018

Read about BFRP reinforcement used in UK bridge construction here in a case study from Composites UK

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Tags: New Product BFRP, reinforcement concrete

Crack control in concrete ground bearing slabs

Posted by Christopher Hirst on Oct 29, 2018

In the past welded wire steel reinforcement provided crack control in non-structural ground bearing slabs. Now Sirch BM offer an easy to use Basalt Fibre Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) mesh reinforcement from Orlitech.

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Tags: Basalt mesh, reinforcement concrete, Welded mesh reinforcement

Composite reinforcement

Posted by Christopher Hirst on Aug 08, 2018

Basalt composite reinforcement, 3.5 x stronger than steel but significantly lighter makes for easy application of reinforcement with lower costs.

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Tags: New Product BFRP

The need to refurbish to Passive House standard

Posted by Christopher Hirst on May 10, 2018

Justification for building to Passive House, Zero Energy standard.

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Tags: Air leakage, Airtightness, Passiv Haus, Passive House