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News Release from: Instarmac Group | Subject: Ultracrete PY4
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2006
Ultracrete PY4 provides ultimate
performance
Instarmac's Ultracrete PY4 enables rapid strength gain and allow renovated areas to be subjected to heavy traffic within just forty minutes of installation.
The entrance to a busy shopping centre is a critical area and is one location that the retailers would not want closed for any length of time, even when refurbishment is essential Anything that deters the inflow of the general public strikes directly at the bottom line of the shopkeepers' takings and any material that facilitates reduced 'down time' is held in high regard
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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One such dilemma occurred recently at the Victoria Shopping Centre, in Nottingham, where the concrete paving stones, located just outside the entrance, were in need of renovation.
As if to exacerbate the difficulties, a bed thickness of just 5mm was all that could be allowed for the chosen bedding material to secure the heavy paving stones.
Nottingham City Council asked the Tamworth based specialist manufacturer of fast curing and rapid strength gaining mortars, the Instarmac Group plc, to recommend a solution.
As a result, Instarmac's Ultracrete PY4, a polyester resin based mortar with a proven track record over many years, was proposed.
The material's unique properties enable rapid strength gain and allow renovated areas to be subjected to heavy traffic within just forty minutes of installation.
Unlike cementitious materials, Ultracrete PY4 provides ultimate performance when laid at a minimum bed thickness of 5mm.
If called for, however, it can also be used up to a maximum thickness of 50mm.
After removal of the in situ uneven paving and the establishment of a sound substrate, Ultracrete PY4 was mixed on site and applied at the required 5mm thickness before the paving was re-bedded.
Very little disruption was experienced and the area was duly re-opened to traffic within the hour.
The project proved an excellent example of the benefits provided by the use of Instarmac's specially formulated, fast curing, streetscape range of materials.
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