• Style & appearance
• Product data
• Design considerations
• Installation & Maintenance

Style & appearance

Photographs

Colour availability
Grey

Diagrams
K-lite™ Kerb HB 125 x 454 x 255	K-lite™ Kerb SP 125 x 454 x 255
K-lite™ Kerb BN 125 x 454 x 255	K-lite™ Kerb 1m External Radius 125 x 454 x 255
K-lite™ Quadrant 125 x 454 x 255	K-lite™ Kerb Droppers HB BN High 125 x 454 x 255

Product data

Trafficking

• Designed to withstand occasional vehicular impact

Features and benefits

• Exceptional strength to weight ratio
• Meets HSE guidelines
• Maintains the finished kerb profile and line
• Easier to handle and knock down to level
• Reduces pack weights to less than one tonne
• Reduces haulage – more products per load
• Keys more effectively, creating a monolithic structure
• Half-length kerb also reduces the need for some radius units
• Ideal for short run or small repairs where mechanical handling is too expensive

Design considerations

The problem

Each year, more than a third of all three-day injuries reported to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are caused by manual handling – that is, the transportation or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force.

The Health and Safety Executive made the decision to target kerb laying as an especially hazardous activity due to the excessive weight of each kerb and repetitive strain injuries incurred through manual handling.

The problem is viewed so seriously that contractors infringing lifting regulations have been served with site closure notices.

Solution through innovation

Charcon’s K-lite™ lightweight kerb weighs a nominal 20kg, while meeting the same rigorous performance criteria as a standard weight kerb.
K-lite™ lightweight kerb has been developed to meet the requirements of the HSE guidelines in situations where safety audits and risk assessments have been carried out and mechanical handling is found not to be a viable option.

K-lite™ lightweight kerb

K-lite™ lightweight kerb weighs a nominal 20 kg, meets the same rigorous performance criteria as a standard weight kerb and fully complies with HSE guidelines designed to minimise risk and injury.

Complementary products

Designed for use with all Charcon flag and block paving ranges.

Colour availability

Grey

Standards

K-lite™ lightweight kerb products comply with the performance levels in European Standard BS EN 1340.

Composition and manufacture

The range has undergone stringent testing by the specialist testing unit at Coventry University and each of the products in the range conforms to current manufacturing standards in force for durability and performance.
The K-lite™ lightweight kerb and accessory range is manufactured from precast concrete, hydraulically pressed for maximum strength.

Specification clauses

For further information, please refer to Charcon Technical Services.

K-lite™ is a Registered design. Patent pending.

Installation guidelines

Design standards

All installations should be detailed and constructed in accordance with BS7533: Part 3 and Part 6.

Haunching

All kerbing should normally be haunched with concrete to ensure full stability and support for adjacent paving and to help withstand occasional vehicular impact.

K-lite Lightweight Kerb

Kerbs should be laid on a concrete bed to grade ST1 to a minimum 150mm thickness.
Haunching concrete should be grade ST1 to the minimum dimensions.
Concrete workability should be such that the haunch can be finished as shown – filled to the top.

In areas of heavy trafficking, dowel bars may be required in the concrete bed and haunch.
K-lite Lightweight Kerb

Additional design detailing

In addition to those included in this guide, further detailed drawings are available on request from Charcon Hard Landscaping.
Contact Technical Services Department on 01335 372222.

Handling equipment

For appropriate handling and lifting equipment, contact Probst Handling Equipment on 01939 235325.

Installation Diagrams
HGV Kerb: bedding/haunching