VersiGrid™ Video of Porous Paving Gravel Driveway Construction

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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Notice that, when using VersiGrid™ it is not necessry to use anchors or pins during the installation process on flat surfaces. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial" ><B>Question:</B></FONT>  We have found that simply reviewing this will answer a lot of your questions about "<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC3333" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>How difficult is it to install an environmentally sound eco-friendly road, parking lot or driveway?</B></I></FONT>"</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Answer:</B></FONT><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC3333" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Not hard at all.</B></I></FONT><I><B> </B></I>And if you use the correct building material, and follow the correct prescriptive application, this porous roadway will outlast the the owner, the installers, and the buildings on the property themselves.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U><IMG SRC="353720a0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></I></div> <div> <B>Step 2 - installing the high-LOAD ecogrids.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="35572d00.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="208" ALT="Installation of this porous paver geogrid is simple. No need to use anchors or pins like low-quality geo block grids, during installation." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> rate-of-installation: up to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>1,000 square feet/man-hour.</B></I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 83 WIDTH="745"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Reason:</B></I></FONT><I> Versi</I>iGrid™ connector system is rated at approximately 1/2 ton per linear foot.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> | Stability of shape: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>- 58º</B></FONT> to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>+194º</B></FONT> F | Compressive Strength: up to 35 tons/ft²</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Tensile Strength: </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > This creates a strong+flexible, positive-horizontal-connectivity; creating a single contiguous structure which is able to support any street-legal vehicle in the USA.  </FONT><B>Vehicular loading = </B><B>22+ tons / vehicle axle!</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > | </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>lifespan = </B></I><I><B>indefinite!</B></I></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(Compare above to many other ecogrids in the world, all of which require "handling with kid gloves."  </FONT><I><B><U>Not</U></B></I> VersiGrid™<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3333" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>! </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >)</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 301 WIDTH="371"><div> <B>Step 3 -</B><I> </I><I><B>in situ </B></I>trimming to fit using common tools.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="35672d00.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="208" ALT="To trim and fit the flexible, durable geogrid, use any common hand saw or power tool, such as a jig or compass saw, rotary SkilSaw™ or Saws-all." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Below:</B></I></FONT> Because of the high <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Flexibility + Durability</B></I></FONT>, dumptrucks and other construction vehicles may be driven directly on top of the exposed ecogrids during ecoraster type backfilling.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><bR> <div> <B>Step 4 - backfilling and re-leveling:</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > For permeable roadways: Please notice that any overfill must be removed.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="35972dd0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 525 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="358e0070.jpg" border=0 width="736" height="519" ALT="StabiliGrid gravel driveway no more potholes" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 447 WIDTH="371"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Step 5 - pressing the backfill medium into the open cells:</B></FONT> This prevents future suface migration, the clean, porous gravel will be "wedged" into the cells to prevent erosion or migration of the backfill medium (note: there is <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>no overfill medium ! </B></I></FONT>).</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="35a72ed0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Grassed Paving:</B></I></FONT>  Please note that when a grassed roadway pavement surface is preferred over this engineered gravel driving surface, the pavement will strengthen over time as <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>the vegetation root structures further anchor the system into the earth</B></I></FONT> (where it belongs, not "on top of the earth").</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><bR> <div> <B>Step 6 - start driving on the high-vehicular-load, water-permeable, pervious porous pavement immediately:</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >No waiting for drying or curing, no worrying about fragility or brittlenes, the VersiGrid™ is  manufactured for public highways and streets, commercial/industrial traffic, even for military vehicular and aircraft traffic.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="42b720e0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="270" ALT="StabiliGrid gravel driveway" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="745"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="745" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> 2023 Copyright all images, descriptions, text, or other media on this web site</div> <div> ~ All rights reserved. ~</div> <div> May be reprinted by the clients, partners and customers of VersiGrid™  </div> <div> This copyright information<I><B> must remain</B></I> on all copies, whether digital, print and/or hardcopy, broadcast, video, graphical images or any other media.</div> <div> (425) 894-1701 || www.versigrid.biz</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>