Landscape & Urban Design Issue 33 2018 | Page 48

TerrAffix® high performance hydraulically applied, erosion control and vegetation establishment products TerrAffix®-Hydramulch High performance, hydraulically applied erosion control products. Applications include extreme slopes, land reclamation, drainage swales and rail embankments. TerrAffix®-Hydrasoil Top soil replacement to rapidly establish vegetation and prevent the need for importing top soil. TerrAffix® unlike US imported systems is produced from recycled or recovered fibres and other non polluting materials Advantages of TerrAffix-Hydramulch Advantages of TerrAffix-Hydrasoil • • Spray on biotic soil replaces the need to import top soil • With a zero soil system there is no risk of importing invasive non native seed from other areas • Vegetation is quickly established even on recycled aggregate • For each tonne of TerrAffix product added to the soil 3.66 tonnes of CO2 is removed from the atmosphere for hundreds of years • Importing soils result in higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere • Boosts depleted soils with nutrients minerals and trace elements • Improves conditions for biological activity of soils • Easy to handle and mix and applied with standard hydroseeding equipment • • More cost effective, quicker and easier to cover steep slopes than RECP’s (Rolled Erosion Control Products eg coir/straw blankets, jute/coir nets) Less ground preparation required than erosion control blankets or geotextiles Can be used with biotic soil to remove the need to import top soil • Significant reduction in soil erosion • Can be applied using standard hydroseeding machinery • Made from natural waste fibres from the UK • Low carbon solution • No machinery or operatives required to work on slopes Unit 23, Crofty Industrial Estate, Gower, Swansea SA4 3RS 0370 350 1851 | [email protected] | TerrAffix.co.uk working with