What are geotextiles?
Geotextiles are permeable products used within the building and construction industry to assist in a construction with soil and/or rock for separation, filtration, reinforcement and protection.
Their proven usefulness in Civil Engineering is also useful for the domestic market, where numerous uses can be found around the house. Geotextiles offer a cost saving solution for all kinds of different home and garden projects. Our Bontec minirolls are offered in small dimensions making them a very versatile and easy to use solution for these kind of smaller projects.
How do they work?
Geotextiles perform several different functions: the two main functions of separation and filtration however account for the majority of their use. Additional functions are protection and reinforcement.
As a separation product, the use of a geotextile between two dissimilar soil materials prevents them from intermixing. An example of this could be the geotextile preventing gravel used to form a driveway from being pushed down into the underlying soil.
As a filtration layer, the use of a geotextile allows the passage of water from a soil whilst preventing the uncontrolled passage of soil particles. An example of use could be a geotextile wrapped around a granular drainage trench.
