Flowcrete Information

Flowcretes core business is the supply and fitting of pre cast suspended floor slabs. We manufacture both the lintels and polystyrene blocks that are the main components of the quick slab system. Flowcrete has supplied, fitted and concreted suspended slabs since 1989. Since the commissioning of our polystyrene plant in April 2008 we have developed a new walling system that is quick and easy to install. The polystyrene panels are 50% cheaper than masonry construction; rooms constructed with this technology require less energy to heat and cool. This polystyrene complies with industry fire ratings and regulations. Flowcrete targets both the commercial and domestic sectors; our suspended slabs are designed to suit each individual need from forklift loading to domestic homes. Flowcrete is based at 17 Martin Drive Queensmead Industrial Business Park, the shareholders are hands on in management of the business. Flowcrete Properties cc ( CK1997/038157/23 ) is the legal entity that the business is currently trading as. Flowcrete falls under the building industry, however we are also manufactures of concrete lintels and polystyrene. We at Flowcrete for see the future costs of masonry construction escalating exponentially. This is the main reason we have developed polystyrene walling and slabing for the African market, this type of construction is already being used in Europe and will be a more cost effective method of construction in the future. Problems that we may be faced with is the mind set of building with a light weight material such as polystyrene, initially people are skeptical of building with this product, most peoples assumption is light weight must be weak. For this reason we made the video Robust Polystyrene housing, in the video we demonstrate the strength of the product, where we fire multiple 9mm pistol rounds into the wall panel, until it penetrated on the 4th round in the same location. We also repeatedly pound it with a 14 pound hammer, take a look for yourself. Flowcretes two main products are Hi ...