Precast Concrete Padstones

We have a large range of 29 sections available as standard stock items with an additional 6 l shaped padstones lintels available.

Precast concrete padstones.

Load table can be found under resources. Our concrete padstones are very strong blocks made from high density concrete forming a sound base for steel or concrete lintels and beams helping to distribute the load efficiently limiting the risk of structural problems. Kilkenny precast are ireland s premier manufacturer of trowel ready mortar sewage treatment systems large holding tanks septic tanks rainwater harvesting systems wastewater treatment tanks window sills and many other concrete products. Denser than normal blocks our precast padstones are manufactured to a 40 n mm2 compressive strength a padstone can take significant weight from above.

Featuring a range of 19 different section sizes and with lengths availible up to 6200mm on certain sections. What is a precast concrete padstone. A full range of padstones lintels are available with a strength that is a minimum of 50n mm2 and are suitable to take special fixing or any other site situations. Featuring the supreme superior concrete technology both precast and prestressed lintels are manufactured with a textured finish.

Made from high strength dense concrete ready to use and saves time on site our pad marked padstones offer increased margin opportunities and safety by helping you to sell the right product for the right application. This means we have built up the experience and know how to help you to support any given project kpc padstones are stronger than a conventional masonry block in fact at kpc we manufacture our padstones with a 40n sq mm concrete mix. Padstones are the concrete blocks installed directly below a lintel or beam in a building construction. Kpc have been offering standard corner and even custom concrete padstones for some years now.

All units are pre stressed to ensure optimum performance and come with 30 minutes fire rating as standard. The concrete used in the manufacturing of padstones conforms to a compressive strength class c40 50. They are available in a variety of dimensions and can be used in any orientation to suit all desired applications. The best performing concrete padstones in the uk market.

The purpose of a padstone is to form a sound base or pad for a lintel or steel beam rsj universal beam universal column parallel flange channel to distribute the load onto the surrounding block or brick structure which would not commonly cope with the high loads imposed. Discover our comprehensive selection of high strength precast concrete padstones. A range of complementary padstones is available to provide the perfect support for your supreme lintels.