TERRAIN GETS TO THE CORE
A common problem facing building
companies, contractors and
landscapers on completion of a
development is compaction. The
movement of traffic and materials
across the ground to buildings
under construction leaves areas
prone to waterlogging. Newly laid
gardens, grassed and play areas in
particular become susceptible, with
compaction occurring far deeper
than normal aerating will alleviate.
Deep penetration aeration is the
solution but how do you know what
lies beneath the grass and to what
depth the aeration is needed? Terrain
Aeration have been treating such
problems for over twenty-five years
and work regularly with construction
companies such as Taylor Wimpey,
Barrett Homes, Laings and smaller
developers to provide a long-term
solution.
The Terrain Aeration Terralift
machines penetrate the ground to a
depth of one metre, releasing a blast
of compressed air which fractures and
relieves the compacted soil, creating
permanent aeration and drainage.
However, before carrying out the
aeration it is often necessary on old
site layouts to determine what lies
beneath and Terrain Aeration take
a core sample using their specialist
machinery.
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The plastic sleeve which slides out These are injected with dried seaweed
of the metal casing reveals what the as part of the process, keeping, in this
soil is like, from the top soil down (in case, the clay seen in the core sample
this example) to the clay structure open and allowing surface water to
beneath. The soil cores are taken to quickly drain down one metre, before
one metre depth and are also very naturally percolating away into the
good indicator to show where oil and flint area.
diesel spillages have penetrated and
how deep. The Terralift can then deal
with the oil-bioremediation using
specialist products in the area down to
one metre depth.
What is an ex-car park area has
been transformed into a healthy
soil structure with good root zone
and ready for children to play on. Of
course, not all compacted ground will
Further down, flint is encountered and have the same strata but the Terrain
the Terralift probe is designed to break Aeration process is used to treat all
through the solid layers, employing a types of waterlogging, from small
JCB hammer incorporated as part of gardens to parks, public spaces and
the machine. Once the hard materials sports pitches to bowling greens.
have been penetrated, the compressed
air blast released creates fractures
and fissures.
Terrain Aeration
www.terrainaeration.co.uk
01449 673783