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Plastic Piling

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Plastic Piling Solutions

Benefits of Plastic Piling
Plastic Piling has a number of benefits over traditional steel, timber or concrete piling; mainly cost, durability, ease of handling and environmental.

HL Plastics’ range of piling:

  • Does not rot or rust
  • Is manufactured from recycled plastic
  • Has no risk from sparking
  • Is manufactured in the UK, so reduces the environmental impact of the cost of transport
  • Maintains its original appearance over time
  • Is not affected by salt water
  • Is resistant to the majority of chemicals
  • Is resistant to rodent and marine borer attack
  • Can be easily cut or bored
  • Is maintenance free
  • Is lighter than steel, so easier to handle and transport
  • Has a clean, consistent appearance
  • Is available in a number of colours
  • Has the ability to create curved walls and a 90º corner pile is available

Uses of Plastic Piling

  • Plastic Piling is extremely versatile and can be used in a number of applications across different industry sectors:
  • Riverbank, stream, pond, lake and reservoir bank retention and restoration
  • Fishing lake and fish farm bank reinforcement
  • Creating well defined drainage culverts and channels for agricultural land and housing / urban development
  • Inland marina and waterway walls and banks
  • Blocking of ditches on peat bogs and other nature reserve situations
  • General bank retention
  • Trench sheeting
  • Permanent shuttering / land remediation / cut-off walls
  • Highway applications
  • Non-piling applications include soil
    boxes, railway ballast retention and
    compost containers


Case Studies

Highways

Plastic Piling has enjoyed considerable success within water related industries and HL Plastics is now using this experience to benefit the highways industry. The Transport Research Laboratory has conducted major research into the benefits of Plastic Piling for highway applications and published a report of their findings.

HighwaysPlastic Piling from HL Plastics was specified by the local authority in Newport Pagnell to prevent bank erosion and maintain a safe carriageway along a road that runs adjacent to a stream. Morcon Foundations of Derby installed 92 metres of piling, which is an environmentally friendly and lightweight solution to bank erosion. Morcon’s Contracts Manager, said “with the correct type of hammer for the soil conditions, plastic sheet piles are quick and easy to install, cutting the tops to the finished line and level is a simple task.”


Marinas/Sea Defences

Plastic Piling is highly effective within water related situations, especially where clean and consistent apperance is important.

Marinas/Sea DefencesPlastic Piling was used along a 160 metre stretch of the River Tawe, as part of the regeneration of the Swansea Waterfront site. Plastic Piling from HL Plastics was used to face the filled concrete manhole rings that formed a cornered retaining wall the length of the bank defences. Lengths of recycled PVC sheet pile were bolted on to the rings to create a consistent and protective fascia.

Plastic Piling was chosen over steel or concrete due to the aesthetics of the finished project, its ease of handling, cost effectiveness and durability.


Floodwalls

Plastic Piling provides a comprehensive solution for flood prevention schemes, and is an environmentally friendly and cost effective alternative to steel piling: it doesn’t rot or rust and is maintenance free.

FloodwallsHL Plastic Piling was used as part of the ongoing 20 year Lowland Flood Prevention Scheme along a section of the Norfolk Broads. 3km of standard pile was installed to increase the height of the existing flood defences, in an area that is already 1 metre below sea level. The 2.25 metre lengths were
mechanically installed in a ‘z’ rib format to provide a complete defensive system. Plastic Piling was chosen for this project due to its lightweight properties, ease of use and cost effectiveness.


Installation

HL Plastics provides advice on the different methods of installing piling. Short lengths are generally inserted into the ground by hand using a mallet and Pile Cap. Longer lengths, or insertion into difficult ground conditions, will require a Piling Hammer.

Products

Flat Pile
  • Suitable for when higher strength is not important and a straight line of piles is required
  • Uses include peat bog damming, heavy duty edging or retaining wall
Flat Pile Technical Engineering Values
Material
Weight (Sheet) kg/m
Weight (wall) kg/m2
Density kg/m2
Initial Tan Modulus kN/mm2
Moment of Inertia cm4/m
Maximum Moment kNm/m
PVC
3.20
11.42
1450
2.55
81
0.92
Width (sheet) mm
Material Thickness mm
Lugs
Tensile Yield Strength N/mm2
Secant Modulus kN/mm2
Section Modulus cm3/m
Allowable Moment kNm/m
270o/a
7
n/a
40
2.15
23
0.31
Physical Properties
Mechanical Properties

 

Standard Pile - Z Ribbed Format Standard Pile - Z Ribbed Format
  • Extremely versatile, medium strength pile
  • Used in ‘Z-ribbed’ format when less strength required and ‘box’ format for a stronger profile
Standard Pile Technical Engineering Values
Material
Weight (Sheet) kg/m
Weight (wall) kg/m2
Density kg/m2
Initial Tan Modulus kN/mm2
Moment of Inertia cm4/m
Maximum Moment kNm/m
PVC
3.23
9.79
1450
2.55
510
4.0
Width (sheet) mm
Material Thickness mm
Lugs
Tensile Yield Strength N/mm2
Secant Modulus kN/mm2
Section Modulus cm3/m
Allowable Moment kNm/m
330o/a
5
N
40
2.15
100
1.33
Physical Properties
Mechanical Properties

 


Standard Pile - Box Format Standard Pile - Box Format

  • By inserting every other pile the opposite way around the sheets are configured into ‘box’ format. This configuration creates a much deeper profile with more strength.
Standard Pile Technical Engineering Values
Material
Weight (Sheet) kg/m
Weight (wall) kg/m2
Density kg/m2
Initial Tan Modulus kN/mm2
Moment of Inertia cm4/m
Maximum Moment kNm/m
PVC
3.23
10.77
1450
2.55
2626
14.2
Width (sheet) mm
Material Thickness mm
Lugs
Tensile Yield Strength N/mm2
Secant Modulus kN/mm2
Section Modulus cm3/m
Allowable Moment kNm/m
315o/a
5
N
40
2.15
357
4.73
Physical Properties
Mechanical Properties

 

Full Pan Pile

Full Pan Pile
  • Easy to install and stronger than the Standard Pile
  • Suitable for installations where appearance is important

Full Pan Pile Technical Engineering Values
Material
Weight (Sheet) kg/m
Weight (wall) kg/m2
Density kg/m2
Initial Tan Modulus kN/mm2
Moment of Inertia cm4/m
Maximum Moment kNm/m
PVC
3.35
10.50
1450
2.55
688.5
7.38
Width (sheet) mm
Material Thickness mm
Lugs
Tensile Yield Strength N/mm2
Secant Modulus kN/mm2
Section Modulus cm3/m
Allowable Moment kNm/m
310o/a
5
n/a
40
2.15
184.7
2.46
Physical Properties
Mechanical Properties

 

Trench PileTrench Pile

  • Unique corrugated design provides additional strength
  • Used as a shuttering for temporary or permanent ground works in the utility sector

Trench Pile Technical Engineering Values
Material
Weight (Sheet) kg/m
Weight (wall) kg/m2
Density kg/m2
Initial Tan Modulus kN/mm2
Moment of Inertia cm4/m
Maximum Moment kNm/m
PVC
2.31
7.70
1450
2.55
343.6
1.96
Width (sheet) mm
Material Thickness mm
Lugs
Tensile Yield Strength N/mm2
Secant Modulus kN/mm2
Section Modulus cm3/m
Allowable Moment kNm/m
240o/a
5
n/a
40
2.15
49
0.65
Physical Properties
Mechanical Properties


Ancillaries

Corner PileCorner Pile

Connects 2 lines of sheets at 90° and
is ideal for creating coffer dams or for
bank retention in artificial fish farm pools.

(Ref: 1300/002)

2-Way Connector Pile2-Way Connector Pile

The Connector Pile allows 2 parallel runs of sheets to be connected to each other.

(Ref: 1329/001)

3-Way Connector Pile3-Way Connector Pile

Allows for another line of sheets to be created behind at 90° to the main wall, removing the need for steel tie bars in many cases.

(Ref: I536/001)

Mini PileMini Pile

A much smaller sheet often used
in domestic situations for lawn edging or raised bed retention.

(Ref: 1300/001)

Pile Cap

To aid manual installation of Plastic Piling, aluminium pile caps are available.

(Ref: HLPL Pilinghead)

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The information provided represents average values which are believed to be accurate. No warranty of any kind is made as to the suitability of HL Plastic Piling for any particular application or the results obtained there from.
 

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