Benches, bins, garden play equipment, planters, parasols and fences fixed to the ground with no digging and no concrete. They go in within a few hours and, when the space changes, come out without leaving a trace.
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A playground has safety surfacing. A square has block paving. A flower bed has tree roots. Digging a hole for a footing means demolishing something that has already been paid for, or damaging a tree.
The screw goes through a hole the size of its shaft and stops below: around it, the paving stays as it was. And when the furniture needs replacing or the area is redesigned, it is unscrewed and the hole closes up.
It is the same reason it works on the lawn of a private garden: T-Block® does not need volume, it needs ground.
Five families of furniture with the same problem (staying put without being set in concrete) and five ways of solving it.
Swings, slides, climbing frames and combination units, anchored without footings. The equipment can be replaced or moved without relaying the safety surfacing.
Furniture fixed to the ground where it needs to be stable but not permanent: flower beds, seafronts, school yards, rest areas. It can be repositioned when the layout of the space changes.
Covers for gardens, outdoor seating areas and public spaces. The screw works in tension: it holds the structure down from below, instead of ballast that takes up space and is visible.
Fence posts for gardens, green spaces, residential blocks and public spaces. No trench along the line: each point is screwed in one by one, even between roots and on slopes.
Rest shelters, canopies for car or bicycle charging stations, park shelters: public structures that carry panels and must stay put in the wind. Screw foundations go into the park soil without footings and the ground goes back to how it was.
A made-to-measure parasol holder: the base screws into the lawn and the parasol slots in on top. At the end of the season it is unscrewed and no trace is left in the lawn.
Structures anchored with screws rather than concrete often fall into the category of temporary or light installations, which simplifies the permit process.*
The screws are driven in with manual or mechanical equipment. No waiting for concrete to cure: the structure is ready for use straight away.
At the end of their service life, or when the space is redesigned, the screws are unscrewed and the ground stays intact. No concrete residue to break out and dispose of.
* How the works are classified for planning purposes depends on local regulations and on the project: check with your designer and your local authority.
For light furniture (play equipment, benches, planters) the T1 and T3 classes are mostly used. For parasols and canopies, where the load is uplift and wind, the choice depends on the soil: the check is made on the project.
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