Fixing clay boards.

[Jam567]

What do people generally use to hold the bottom of a clayboard/clayshield off the bottom of a foundation trench? I can see the lads in merchants looking at me as if I'm talking foreign when I ask. I'm thinking tent pegs will do the job but be interested to know what the 'proper' fixing is.

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[noseall]

Why does it need to be kept off the trench bottom?

I would just whack a stake through and into the trench side. The concrete will soon have it gripped.

Are we talking about vertical side protection here?

 

[Alastairreid]

http://www.rom.co.uk/products/castellated-clayshield.aspx

http://www.springvale.com/products/clayshield/index

 

[Jam567]

Yes vertical side protection. Drawing states 500mm min off trench bottom. Needs to be anyway to work for a 1200 board I've got about 1800mm of concrete depth. Spoke to a chap today who cuts t sections out of old bits of mesh. Good idea.