Cornish Concrete Products

CCP's Quickwall precast wall units are manufactured using the double wall construction method. A double wall unit comprises of two precast panels joined together using steel lattice girders. These panels are manufactured to an extremely high standard in our state of the art factory. Units are also comparatively light as the two skins (typically 60mm) are separated by a cavity.

When being installed on site, each unit is temporarily propped and additional steel is used to connect adjacent double walls or half floor units prior to concreting. Once the concrete has cured, a single monolithic element is created.

Quickwall has numerous advantages over other construction methods such as speed of erection and reducing programme times, superior finish, dimensional tolerance and of course, is not dependent on the weather.

With correct design, passive solar gain can return the structure to carbon neutral in comparison with timber in just over ten years. With the thermal mass properties of concrete, the risk of overheating in summer is greatly reduced eliminating the need to fit air conditioning. Couple these facts together with the advantages of CCP’s Thermowall Insulated Sandwich Panel System and one can see that not only is it possible to cut a swathe through maintenance costs, but it is also possible to do likewise with daily running costs.