Aluminium BioPanel Hydroponic Living Green Wall System - Irrigated Living Wall System

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Bespoke, consult manufacturer and insert requirements.

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‘T’ profile rail carrier system to carry the vegetated cladding panel.

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Insert requirement, durable, water-resistant board of 12 mm thickness. Versapanel Eco sheet or similar backing board. Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements.

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• Capacity: To hold 24 hours of irrigation water supply.
• Pumping via a reliable pump set, capable of delivering the correct pressure at all drip locations. Water is to be distributed from the pump through zoned solenoid valves via a ring main and header pipes, with control being via a remote sensing computer controller. System is to include a fail-safe pump start relay.
• Driplines: Irrigation water is to be applied via polypropylene driplines of no less than 16 mm diameter. The drippers are to be in-line, self-flushing and self-cleaning pressure compensated drippers, each operating at a minimum of 1.6 L/h. The system will include the ability for each dripline to be easily flushed on a regular basis. Includes a rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) extrusion cover strip to provide improved visual appearance and solar protection to reduce solar gain to the dripline, clipped to irrigation lines using proprietary clips.
• Pipework: 20 mm HDPE hoseline with barbed fittings.
• Fittings: Wall/ array fittings, couplers, elbows and T-pieces with non-return valves if required, to suit the installation.

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Self-coloured aluminium shell forming 16 planting sections (four per strip).

Overall panel size (w x h x d): 598 x 403.5 x 62 mm.

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• Inorganic, chemically inert and dimensionally stable growing medium with a nominal dry density of 16.8 kg/m³.
• Manufactured of stonewool – high alumina, low silica wool.
• Each section includes a 50-mm diameter planting hole.

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Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements.

• Plant species to be included as a series of plant matrices to create an overall planting pattern.
• Plants are planted into the BioTile® panels a minimum of twelve weeks prior to installation.

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32 mm outlet.

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Standard. 32 mm outlet.

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Insert RAL colour requirements for guttering, riser covers, copings and window surrounds.

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Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements.

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Hydroponic panel assembled in West Sussex. Panel planting up and allowed to mature for 8—12 weeks before being installed on site.

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Heron (or similar approved manufacturer); insert requirements.

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Panels are 60 mm thick.

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When fully saturated (panels, growing medium and plants).

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Operational system, if manufactured, installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements.

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Geocomposite drainage layer comprising a high-performance single high density polyethylene (HDPE) core with a geotextile filter thermally bonded to one side to provide a drainage layer to the rear of the vegetated planted panels, and a waterproof layer in front of the backing board.