Floor Void Former

Concrete void forming systems.

Floor void former. Void formers decrease the volume of concrete reducing weight while increasing the strength of concrete. 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. Kore void formers are suitable for domestic and commercial applications. Proven performance on road rail and bridge embankments.

Filavoid has an expanded paper honeycomb core with face sheets top bottom. Home market sectors void formers. 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. Used as sheet pile infill panels and secant guide wall and for all void former applications.

Filcor expanded polystyrene is commonly used as a lightweight material for forming openings and voids within concrete structures. 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. Void former is a lightweight material in structural concrete in foundations beam and slabs to fill structurally non working areas and against clay heave. Polystyrene is a closed cell light weight rigid cellular plastics material.

They are strong enough to support the weight of wet concrete as well as steel reinforcements. They come in either full form or in honeycombed form. Dufaylite has developed a unique clayboard void former system which is eco friendly since biodegradable and strong enough to withstand the load of. One of the larger projects our void formers were used on was the thames tideway project in.

Void fillers are designed to fill a void with expanded polystyrene and are left in situ. 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. Construction and ground works eps expanded polystyrene is commonly used as a lightweight material for forming voids openings within concrete structures. Kore eps can be used as both void formers and void fillers.

Kore void formers on site.