Fosroc Geotex

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FOSROC offers a complete line of geotextile fabrics for

use in a wide variety of applications including: drainage
systems, erosion control, landscaping, maintenance and
paving. The products are manufactured using both Woven
and Non-woven processes. Many of the products are
used in combination with Nukote advance polymer
coatings in primary and secondary containment
applications, but are also commonly used in standard
construction applications from silt fences to foundation
drainage.

design life of the drainage system. At the same time, the

filter fabric must retain the upstream soil fine particles and
prevent them from migrating, or piping into the drainage
system. The selection of a particular filter fabric can be
accomplished following four basic criteria:

Geotextile Fabric Drainage Suitability Guide

Permeability criteria - The filter fabric must be

permeable enough to allow liquids to pass through it
without a significant reduction in flow.

Retention criteria - The filter fabric openings must

be small enough to prevent excessive migration of
soil.

This document is provided for FOSROC customer use in

the selection of proper filtration fabrics for drainage
applications. For assistance in the selection process,
please contact your nearest FOSROC technical
representative.

Clogging criteria - The filter fabric must have a

significant number of pore openings, such that if soil
particles block or clog a few openings path the flow
of the filter fabric will be greater than the required
system permeability.

Civil Engineering Fabrics - Subsurface

Drainage

Survivability criteria - The filter fabric must exhibit

adequate strength, chemical resistance, and
environmental resistance to prevent it from
becoming damaged during installation and
throughout the design life of the drainage system.

GT 45 is an excellent non-woven needle punch geotextile

for sub drain applications. In fact, this is the default fabric
for the AASHTO M 288-2000 specification, Class 2
(Subsurface drainage application). AASHTO (American
Association of State and Highway Transportation Official
in USA) is the most common standard use for highway
material specification.

Recommended Products - AASHTO M288-00

Areas of Application

FOSROC has a broad spectrum of Geotextiles designed

for drainage applications. Both of FOSROC woven and
non-woven Geotextiles perform well when draining stable,
coarse-grained soils. Non-woven fabrics are generally
used when the retention of fine soil particles is critical to
the performance of the drainage system.

Geotextiles have replaced graded soil filters for drainage

of virtually all structures, including under-drains,
dewatering trenches; intercept drains, pavement edge
drains,
walls
and
dams
drains,
leachate
collection/detection removal drains, sport field drain, etc.

Our extensive product line enables you to choose a

geotextile that precisely meets your project conditions and
AASHTO M 288-00 specification. Because the product
you need will vary with construction conditions, FOSROC
technical engineers can assist you in selecting the Propex
geotextile that is appropriate for your job.

Advantages
Compared to conventional granular soil filters,
Geotextiles offer advantages by providing:
Consistent and continuous filtration
Reduced excavation
Reduced environmental impact
Simplified, higher quality construction
Reduced time of construction
Substantial reduction in material costs
Allows use of more structurally efficient free
draining open graded base materials
Design Challenges

POLYPROPYLENE YARN @ HIGH RESOLUTION

To perform, the filter fabric must allow liquids to pass
through the geotextile and into the drainage media
(granular soil and/or perforated pipe) throughout the

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Construction Procedure
A simple pictorial schematic of the construction
procedures for a geotextile lined drainage trench is
presented below.

WOVEN FABRIC AT HIGH RESOLUTION

Excavate Trench

FILTRATION BARRIER

Place Filter Fabric

EROSION CONTROL

DRAINAGE FILTRATION

Add Bedding and Pipe

Landscape Fences
Completion of drain then backfill to grade

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Important note:
Fosroc products are guaranteed against defective materials and manufacture and are sold subject to its standard Conditions
for the Supply of Goods and Services, copies of which may be obtained on request. Whilst Fosroc endeavours to ensure that
any advice, recommendation, specification of information it may give is accurate and correct, it cannot, because it has no direct
or continuous control over where or how its products are applied, accept any liability either directly or indirectly arising from the
use of its products, whether or not in accordance with any advice, specification, recommendation of information given by it.

Fosam Company Limited

Head Office
Post Box 11081
Jeddah 21453
Saudi Arabia

www.fosroc.com

Telephone: +966 2 637 5345

Fax: +966 2 637 5891

email: fosam@fosroc.com

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Jeddah Showroom
Riyadh
Dammam
Khamis Mushayt

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