Floor Void Former

Construction and ground works eps expanded polystyrene is commonly used as a lightweight material for forming voids openings within concrete structures.

Floor void former.

Bildavoid s patented supavoid is unlike any other void former on the market. Void fillers are designed to fill a void with expanded polystyrene and are left in situ. Kore void formers on site. Void formers decrease the volume of concrete reducing weight while increasing the strength of concrete.

The use of filcor void formers reduces the weight of the structure when left in situ or alternatively can be used for temporary applications as part of a formwork system. Void former is a lightweight material in structural concrete in foundations beam and slabs to fill structurally non working areas and against clay heave. They come in either full form or in honeycombed form. Concrete void forming systems.

The use of various grades of eps void formers reduces the weight of the structure when left in position or alternatively can be used for temporary applications or part of a permanent structure. One of the larger projects our void formers were used on was the thames tideway project in. Kore eps can be used as both void formers and void fillers. They are strong enough to support the weight of wet concrete as well as steel reinforcements.

The void s purpose is to absorb clay movement and thus prevent the increased pressure added to the building foundation and on the concrete slab floor which is caused by clay expansion and shrinkage. Filavoid has an expanded paper honeycomb core with face sheets top bottom. Polystyrene is a closed cell light weight rigid cellular plastics material. Proven performance on road rail and bridge embankments.

Dufaylite has developed a unique clayboard void former system which is eco friendly since biodegradable and strong enough to withstand the load of. Used as sheet pile infill panels and secant guide wall and for all void former applications. Kore void formers have been used in a variety of civil engineering applications as well as in bridges shopping centre foundations and motorways including passages of the m50 in dublin and the foundation of the red luas line. The need to reduce dead weight in a variety of structures including precast flooring beams and motorway bridges can be achieved by using filcor expanded polystyrene to create a void in reinforced concrete construction.

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