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Radisson Blu Green Roof Project in Heathrow

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We announced recently that we have been working on the installation of a modular green roof system at the Radisson Blu hotel at Heathrow and we are delighted to announce that the installation is now complete.

For this project, it was decided that the M-Tray sedum green roofing system would offer the ideal solution.

M-TRAY is a ready-grown, fully established sedum, sedum-and-wildflower or wildflower-only green roof loaded into a portable tray, for easier installation of green roofs.

For a look at the timeline of the project, please check out the gallery below.

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Future Proofing the Installation

Access to the roof is future-proofed. If there are problems with the deck beneath or inspection is required, one M-TRAY or section can easily be lifted out without any disruption to the whole deck. With loose lay systems, the whole area may need to be destroyed when accessing the deck.

Major Advantages

A major advantage to the M-TRAY system is the “clip on” nature of installation. The fuss, time and skill required to install drainage layers one-by-one, to the correct level and in the correct order is removed as it comes in a complete kit.

Please contact our sales office for further information about the M-Tray green roofing system.

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Stabilisation and Strengthening Through Geotextile Utilisation

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As a geotextile supplier, we take great pride in the fact that we have been providing these purpose designed effective solutions to a wide variety of clients in the civil engineering & horticultural sectors for many years.

Geotextile Properties

Due to their hugely beneficial qualities varieties, geotextiles have been used for many generations to provide highly effective separation, filtration and reinforcing geogrid 1qualities in a structure.

There are two main classes of geotextiles: permeable and non-permeable; with each category broken down into different sections to help meet the needs of your specific application.

These properties ensure they are absolutely ideal to for use in conjunction with:

  • Stabilisation & strengthening
  • Prevention of unevenness on driveways
  • Prevention of the mixing of construction layers
  • Providing a highly effective filtration layer for all drainage applications 

Geotextiles can be woven, knitted or non-woven. Different fabric composition and construction are suitable for different applications. Non-woven geotextiles are an arrangement of fibres either oriented or randomly patterned in a sheet, resembling felt.

These geotextiles provide planar water flow in addition to stabilization of soil.

Typical applications for the geotextiles which are supplied by one of the countries leading geoxtextile suppliers includes:

  • Access roads
  • Aggregate drains
  • Asphalt pavement overlays
  • Erosion control 

Offering Tremendous Value

Wallbarn distributes a wide variety of top quality non-woven geotextile fabrics in different densities, roll sizes and type to suit any application.

Our range offers tremendous value when used in demolition as when combined with steel wire fencing, they are provide an excellent solution for containing explosive debris.