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Old 11-09-2011, 07:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cheap Dimpled aerofriendly polyetilene plastic or Drainage Layer

Yesterday I found a cheap and eaasy way of doing underbody belly pans with a dimpled surface.
2m x 20m roll costs around 49€ in a DIY hardware and construction materials store, I don't know if it is made in china one or any details (I found at Bricomart Bricomart France,Italy, Poland and Spain only).
The cheapest coroplast ("policarbonato de doble hoja") that I found was about 20€ 2m x 1 m pieces, gray PVC 3mm 1 m x 2 m 63€ and transparent Polycarbonate of high quality and durability 2 mm pieces of 1.25 m x 2 m at 162€.
Magic words are "lámina drenante".

Magic english word also exists and they are: "drainage layer".


Some links with pictures, data, and garden installation in spanish:
Google search of Lámina Drenante -pictures-
impermeabilizacion « teoria de construcción
TECHMO
http://www.techmo.es/pdf/ft/FT_TECHMO%20LAM%20DREN.pdf
http://www.techmo.es/pdf/ft/FT_TECHM...DREN%20MAX.pdf 320KN/m2 resistance.
http://www.presasl.com/fichas/Drentemper.pdf high resistance 320 to 500 KN/m2
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Some links in english:
Pictures of drainage layer Google Search


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Old 11-09-2011, 08:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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That's interesting. Is it heavy stuff?
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Old 11-09-2011, 03:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That's interesting. Is it heavy stuff?
Density is somewhere between 0.91 to 0.97 g/cm3 , I remember that the rolled layer aproximated is a cylinder of 0.15m3, so aproximately 140 kg or less because of air, etc.
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Old 11-11-2011, 06:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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My instincts say the dimples might be too big for any real benefit... but then again Mythbusters totally showed us on that one! :P


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