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Roads, Bridges & Railways

All Roads, Bridges & Railway products

Weber has a wide portfolio of products designed to facilitate repair and protection of concrete complying with the Highways Agency Specification for Highway Works for highway structures, roads, bridges, parapets, tunnels and viaducts.

Weber also offer a range of materials for the bedding of components in the Highway marketplace, designed for the fast installation of components and long lasting reinstatement.

Solutions for Roads, Bridges and Railways

Roads

Weber's range of Technical Mortar Solutions have been designed to minimise road closure possession times and offer durable products with excellent adhesion. The range includes Highways Agency approved products which offer rapid set, high strength solutions.

Premature failures of ironwork installations have shown to be a major factor contributing to the high annual maintenance budget of UK roads. Weber's bedding mortars are formulated for the rapid installation of ironwork, street furniture, curbs and paving. These mortars are designed to cure to high levels of strength and resilience.

Bridges

Bridges are often found in the most challenging and exposed environments – crossing rivers, over valleys and even seas. Due to the continuous increase in traffic and design load, additional stress and strain are constantly being imposed on them.

Modern bridges are often constructed from reinforced concrete and recent surveys have shown that many existing bridges already exhibit significant degree of degradation and some of them are in need of substantial and often urgent, repair and refurbishment works.  Weber's range of concrete repair and protection products offer rapid set and high strength solutions.

Railways

Weber's range of precision grouts have been specially formulated with exceptional toughness and durability, making the product perfect for use in rail track installations. Due to their high compressive and tensile strength the presicison grouts ensure that there is constant contact with the underside of the baseplate of the track.

These high performance products can be used in any situation where accuracy in alignment is essential or where transfer of dynamic or static loads are required. 

Brochures & Guides

Case Studies

Millennium Bridge, London
Technical Mortars Solutions

Millennium Bridge, London
Docklands Light Railway
Technical Mortars Solutions

Docklands Light Railway
Millennium Eye Bridge, Gateshead
Technical Mortars Solutions

Millennium Eye Bridge

Problems and Solutions

How to lay large format tiles

How to lay large format floor tiles

When tiling with large tiles extra considerations must be made to ensure they are fixed level and firmly in place

Protecting render from algae growth and other contaminants

Protecting render from algae growth and other contaminants

Whilst monocouche render is low maintenance, like any other building facade it is not immune from the gradual buildup of organic growth and dirt

Removing and replacing existing render

Removing and replacing existing render

Removing existing render is a large undertaking and is likely to result in damage to the substrate

Apply floor screed to underfloor heating

There are a number of things to consider when applying an underfloor heating screed, but it’s not as complicated as you might think.

Tiling over tile

Tiling over tiles

Tiling over existing tiles is possible, but there are a few things to first consider.

Strengthening a wooden floor for tiling

Because wooden floors naturally bend, bounce and expand, tiles can end up cracking under the pressure if installed incorrectly.

Tiling on plywood

Tiling on plywood is possible, but you’ll need an appropriately flexible tile adhesive to ensure tiles and grout can stand the test of time against cracking

Tiling onto tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard

It is possible to tile directly onto tongue and groove wooden floors by using an ultra-flexible (S2) tile adhesive, but another option is to strengthen the substrate with either a layer of floor ...

Tiling onto timber or non-tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard

Timber and non-tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard are usually subject to large amounts of deflection/movement, and therefore cannot be tiled onto with even the most flexible of tile adhesives

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Working with natural stone - protection/maintenance

Natural stone tiles require careful preparation prior to grouting, and need regular maintenance

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Tiling with natural stone

Tiles classed as 'natural materials' vary immensely from ceramics in appearance and application requirements

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Tiling onto green screeds or concrete

Newly-laid screeds take time to stabilise, so tiling onto the screed too early can end in disaster as the screed shrinks during the drying process.

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Tiling onto floating floors

Floating floors are those which are used to improve insulation and/or to reduce noise. As they are not attached to a rigid substrate, they require extra care when tiling onto.

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Tiling onto anhydrite screeds

Anhydrite screeds have become quite popular, but tilers must be aware of a number of potential problems.

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Tiling with underfloor heating or under tile warming

Underfloor heating can cause an array of issues if not tiled onto correctly, from cracking due to heat expansion to damaging wires with your trowel.

Application of webersys protect tanking kit

Protecting a water-sensitive substrate

Tiled areas in kitchens, bathrooms and showers can be subject to high humidity or water, which means the a waterproofing layer needs to be applied before laying tiles.

Fixing kerb stones

Installing precast kerbs or drainage units

Precast kerbs can be glued together with a special structural adhesive available from Weber. Ultra quick bedding mortars can also be mixed and applied to minimise traffic disruption

Installing paviours

Installing stone setts, paving and block paviours

When reinstating or installing hard landscaping materials in busy pedestrianised shopping areas, a number of problems are caused due to the long setting times of conventional mortars

Concrete pavement repair

Defective concrete pavements

Concrete pavements deteriorate over time due to exposure to severe weather conditions and excessive traffic loading of the concrete

Grouting Crane Rails

Grouting crane rails

The mechanics of rail behaviour under load from cranes and trains needs to be understood and Weber have provided solutions in this field for over 30 years

Structural strengthening for walls

Strengthening walls

Reinforced concrete and masonry walls need to be strengthened against undue wind loads, deflections, additional loads, shear cracks and extraordinary loads due to explosion or impact

Wrapping concrete columns using Weber structural strengthening products

Under-strength columns

Column wrapping is a technique perfected by Weber using a variety of specialist unidirectional or woven fibre sheets bonded with a strong epoxy glue

Damaged concrete requiring repair

Cathodic protection

Impressed current cathodic protection can control corrosion, counteract the incipient anode effect, and can reduce the amount of concrete removal

Spray concrete repair in marine location

Increasing resistivity

The resistivity of reinforced concrete may be increased by the application of various solutions from Weber

Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete

Preserving or restoring passivity

The corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete can be minimised by replacing concrete cover with high quality repair mortars and concretes from Weber

Grouting bridge bearings

Grouting bridge bearings

Weber has a range of products suitable for pumping under bearings or for pouring or for gluing elastomeric pads

Under Strength Floor Slabs

Under-strength floor slabs

webertec force composite strengthening system can be designed and used to provide extra load capacity when an existing building is undergoing a change of use

Bedding a manhole cover

Ironwork reinstatement

Road ironwork such as manhole covers, road gullies and duct covers need to be bedded with a resilient mortar to prevent the unit rocking or breaking up under traffic loading

Spray concrete repair using webercem dry spray concrete products

Increasing physical resistance

Specialist methods of reinstatement and special products are available from Weber to enhance the durability of buildings and structures

Structural strengthening

Structural strengthening

Several structural strengthening products from Weber can be used to enhance the load carrying capacity of concrete structures

Applying webercote EC anti-carbonation coating

Moisture control

Keeping concrete dry is one way of reducing damage to concrete and this can be achieved by using one of Weber's coatings or sealers

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Insulating and rendering a timber-framed construction

Although timber frames are treated, they are vulnerable to rot and need to be kept in a warm, dry environment

Repairing damaged street furniture with Weber technical mortars products

Damaged street furniture

Quick drying post setting compounds as well as rapid setting anchoring grouts are available from Weber when timely intervention and repair are of paramount importance

Grouting steel baseplates using Weber precision grout

Grouting steel baseplates

A good quality precision grout, whether resin-based or cementitious must provide good load transfer and be easy to apply under most conditions

Reinforced concrete beams

Under-strength beams

The webertec force composite strengthening system can reinstate the structural integrity of reinforced concrete beams

Concrete corrosion in need of restoration

Concrete restoration

Concrete damage has many causes with various different solutions to restore the structure

Application of webertec aquapel creme

Protection against ingress

A range of specialist products are available from Weber that can protect concrete from the ingress of water and chemicals

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