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External Works & Landscaping; Floors & Flooring
Interpave
The trade association Interpave has just
published an important new 20-page
document, intended to help all those
involved with the development process,
including designers, developers and
planning, building control and adoption
officers, understand permeable paving,
which is set for rapid future growth.
The new Interpave document
Understanding Permeable Paving is aimed
at a wide audience and intended to give an
insight into all aspects of concrete block
permeable paving. It deals with legal as
well as practical issues and explains the
different systems and techniques available.
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Gripfit
A revolutionary
new version
of the original
Interpave
Gripfit aluminium
The recently launched BRE ‘Green Guide to Specification’ provides
fixed frame
independent endorsement of the low environmental impact of
system, that will
precast concrete paving, particularly in comparison with imported
enable different
materials. The summary environmental ratings covering blocks,
flooring surfaces and textures, from 6mm – 12mm thick, to be
flags and ‘grass concrete’ units are generally ‘A’ or ‘A+’, reflecting
securely floor mounted, or to provide a low-profile fixing between
the on-going environmental investments and improvements made
the floor and the flooring surface, has been launched by Gripfit.
by Interpave manufacturer members. Some imported stone paving
Gripfit ‘Universal’, a dual profile, aluminium floor-fixed system,
products are also included in the Green Guide – generally with
can fix securely a wide variety of flooring materials, of varying
much poorer environmental ratings than their precast concrete
thicknesses and materials, from entrance mats to ceramic tiles,
equivalents and half with the worst ‘E’ rating.
acrylic and wooden flooring, to rubber anti-fatigue surfacing materials,
or any mixture of these.
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