Geotextile Menards
1. Strong filtration and isolation: efficiently intercepting fine soil particles to prevent blockage, ensuring smooth drainage of the roadbed/cushion layer, and maintaining the independence of the structural layer
2. Anti manufacturing and weather resistance: UV stabilized treatment+high toughness fibers, resistant to construction compaction and outdoor exposure, not easily damaged after long-term use
3. Wide width and labor-saving: Provide large width specifications (such as some up to 6m) to reduce overlap and splicing, improve laying efficiency, and reduce costs
4. Wide scene adaptation: compatible with multiple scenarios such as roads, landscaping, dams, etc., and can be easily used for household/small projects
Products Introduction：
Geotextile Menards is a commercial grade functional geotextile series launched by Menards Home Building Materials Chain, represented by the Gardien brand Duraweave series. It uses 148gsm slit film woven polypropylene (split film woven polypropylene) as raw material and is made through precision weaving technology. This series of products focuses on "efficient and stable protection of household and small projects", with core functions covering soil isolation, structural stability, filtration protection and UV anti-aging. It is specially designed for lanes, landscapes, road bases and other scenes. With the characteristics of "commercial grade performance+affordable price+easy construction", it has become the preferred geotechnical material for DIY and small contractors in North America.
Product Features：
1. Commercial grade woven structure, stable and durable
Adopting the split film polypropylene weaving process, high-density fabric texture is formed, with excellent longitudinal and transverse tear strength and puncture resistance (in accordance with ASTM D6241 standard), which can resist mechanical rolling, gravel friction, and external impact during construction, avoiding protection failure caused by material damage. The weight design of 148gsm ensures structural strength while also considering flexibility, adapting to the fitting needs of various base terrains, and is not easily deformed or broken during long-term use.
2. UV stability and anti-aging, easy to use when exposed
The raw materials have undergone professional UV anti UV treatment and can be directly exposed for use in nursery cover, greenhouse isolation, and silt fence scenarios. They have stable performance in outdoor exposure environments and effectively avoid the problems of brittleness and degradation of ordinary geotextiles due to UV radiation. Combined with the limited lifetime warranty provided by the brand, their service life far exceeds that of conventional civilian geotextiles.
3. Precise isolation to prevent mixing and ensure interlayer stability
The machine woven aperture is uniform and controllable, which can efficiently intercept soil fine particles and prevent the mixing of base soil with sand, gravel, and aggregate layers. For example, in lane construction, the roadbed soil and gravel cushion layer can be strictly separated to avoid fine soil blocking the gravel pores and affecting drainage. At the same time, it prevents gravel from being embedded in soft soil and reducing bearing capacity, ensuring the independent function of each structural layer and improving the overall stability of the project.
4. Wide and efficient spreading, saving labor and reducing costs
Featuring a practical specification of 6 '× 100', the single roll covers an area of 600 square feet, reducing the number of overlapping and splicing times by more than 50% compared to narrow geotextiles. This not only improves construction efficiency (two people can complete single roll laying), but also reduces protection weaknesses caused by improper overlapping. At the same time, the affordable price of $74.98 per roll reduces material costs by 15% -20% compared to similar commercial products, balancing economy and practicality.
5. Multi scenario compatibility, convenient construction
The texture is flexible and easy to cut, and the size can be quickly adjusted according to project requirements to adapt to different shapes of construction areas such as lanes, paths, parking lots, etc; No professional large-scale equipment is required, only conventional cutting tools and fixed accessories are needed to complete the laying. It can be easily operated by DIY users from home to small contractors, and is compatible with the subsequent construction process of various surface materials such as asphalt, concrete, and gravel.
Product Parameters：
project | metric | ||||||||||
Nominal strength/(kN/m) | |||||||||||
6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 48 | 54 | |||
1 | Longitudinal and transverse tensile strength / (kN/m) ≥ | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 48 | 54 | |
2 | Maximum elongation at maximum load in longitudinal and transverse directions/% | 30~80 | |||||||||
3 | CBR top penetration strength /kN ≥ | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
4 | Longitudinal and transverse tearing strength /kN | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 1.1 | 1.25 | |
5 | Equivalent aperture O.90(O95)/mm | 0.05~0.30 | |||||||||
6 | Vertical permeability coefficient/(cm/s) | K× (10-¹~10-), where K=1.0~9.9 | |||||||||
7 | Width deviation rate /% ≥ | -0.5 | |||||||||
8 | Unit area mass deviation rate /% ≥ | -5 | |||||||||
9 | Thickness deviation rate /% ≥ | -10 | |||||||||
10 | Thickness coefficient of variation (CV)/% ≤ | 10 | |||||||||
11 | Dynamic perforation | Puncture hole diameter/mm ≤ | 37 | 33 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
12 | Longitudinal and transverse fracture strength (grab method)/kN ≥ | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3 | 3.5 | |
13 | Ultraviolet resistance (Xenon arc lamp method) | Longitudinal and transverse strength retention rate% ≥ | 70 | ||||||||
14 | Ultraviolet resistance (fluorescence UV lamp method) | Longitudinal and transverse strength retention rate% ≥ | 80 | ||||||||
Product Applications：
1. Household lanes and hard road surfaces
Private lane construction: It is laid between the soil base layer and the crushed stone/asphalt surface layer, isolating the soil and aggregates, enhancing the lane bearing capacity, preventing roadbed subsidence and road cracking caused by long-term vehicle rolling, and adapting to scenarios such as residential courtyard lanes and garage entrances and exits. It is the core material for DIY lane reconstruction.
Courtyard Path and Terrace: Used for isolating the base layer of stone and brick paved paths, preventing weed growth and soil mixing, while diverting rainwater to avoid water accumulation in the path, and creating a clean and durable courtyard hard space in conjunction with landscape design.
2. Landscape and Horticultural Engineering
Nursery and greenhouse coverage: As a nursery ground cloth covering the soil surface, it inhibits weed growth while allowing water infiltration. Its UV stability is suitable for high temperature and high humidity environments in greenhouses, and can also be used for root protection during seedling transplantation to prevent soil scattering.
Slope and flower bed protection: Lay on the edge of the courtyard slope and flower bed to enhance soil stability, prevent soil erosion caused by rainwater erosion, and create an ecologically stable landscape slope with vegetation planting to prevent flower bed soil from mixing with the surrounding road surface.
3. Small scale municipal and construction protection
Silt fence: used for temporary construction of silt fences around construction sites and road construction areas to intercept sediment generated during construction, prevent soil erosion and environmental pollution caused by rainwater erosion, and comply with municipal construction environmental protection requirements.
Small parking lots and temporary roads: They are laid at the grassroots level of community temporary parking lots and construction temporary passages to quickly improve the ground bearing capacity and resist ground damage caused by vehicle crushing. After the project is completed, they can be easily recycled or transferred for use.
Geotextile Menards takes "commercial grade quality, user-friendly positioning, and multi scenario adaptation" as its core advantages, accurately solving the pain points of "insufficient performance of geotechnical materials, complex construction, and high cost" in home DIY and small-scale engineering. It is a practical geotextile choice that combines reliability and cost-effectiveness.
