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Don’t let limited access limit your options

16 May 2022 | BALI Member News

Accredited Supplier Azpects discuss how their EASYClickBase product helps reduce the traditional ‘dig-out’ part of the installation process for patios, paths, and driveways.

The current rate of new home construction in the UK cannot keep pace with inner-city population growth[1]; not only are not enough houses being built, but space restrictions in inner cities also prevent new developments. A new home built today would have to last 1,000 years at current replacement rates[2]. Without new housing, people in the UK will have to make the most of the existing housing stock.

How can homeowners in cramped, urban housing get in on the Outdoor Living trend?

A simple solution offered by Azpects is EASYClickBase, a synthetic sub-base that significantly reduces the traditional ‘dig-out’ part of the installation process for patios, paths, and driveways. Early feedback shows that for a 50m2 patio EASYClickBase requires an excavation of around 2-4 tonnes and just 2-5 tonnes of a fine replacement aggregate depending on site conditions. Traditionally, this would require the excavation of 16 tonnes of waste by-products, and the import of 16-20 tonnes of traditional subbase aggregates, requiring either heavy machinery or a significant amount of labour.

Several early adopters of EASYClickBase have reported trimming day’s labour off the expected completion time while giving their clients the garden they have always wanted.

EASYClickBase is lightweight and easy to carry, making it easy to install even with restricted access. The reduced dig out makes wastage less of an issue for tight streets that lack space for a large skip, as smaller skip bags can be removed by a flatbed vehicle instead.

Manufactured from 100% recycled ABS plastic, any offcuts of EASYClickBase tiles can be recycled again, further reducing waste and improving the sustainability of hard landscaping projects.

If lockdown taught us anything, it is how important outdoor spaces are for our physical and mental wellbeing. With a significant percentage of the UK workforce expecting to continue to work from home at least part-time, it seems likely that investment in hard landscaping will only continue.

Find out more by visiting the Azpects website.

[1] Urbanisation Trends, Government Office for Science (Spring 2021)
[2] The Housing Stock of the United Kingdom Report, BRE Trust (2020)

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