Silt fence barrier preventing some of the sediment transport off-site.
2PG Silt Fence Overview - Geotextile Materials, Erosion...
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Nilex Silt Fence helps prevent sediment and other contaminants carried in sheet flow from being transported off-site. Silt fence protects streams, rivers, lakes, storm drainage systems, and other water resources from pollution by silt, sediment, and construction debris. Nilex Silt Fence is designed and manufactured to meet and exceed industry standard sediment control requirements. Nilex also offers a wire backed silt fence which is constructed of 16 guage wire mesh, covered with a woven geotextile fabric. The wire mesh provides additional support during substantial loads of silt and water Silt Fence should: • Be considered as a component of a comprehensive erosion and sediment control best management plan • Be carefully maintained and inspected • Be installed on a slope where sheet flow runoff can be stored behind barriers • Push fabric against the posts • Not be used in areas of concentrated flow; across streams, ditches, and waterways Advantages: • Quick and easy installation • Fabricated with UV stabilized geotextile and premium wooden stakes • Custom fabrics and posts available Silt Fence PRODUCT OVERVIEW EROSION & SEDIMENT CONTROL
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Nilex Silt Fence helps prevent sediment and other contaminants carried in sheet flow from being transported off-site. Silt fence protects streams, rivers, lakes, storm drainage systems, and other water resources from pollution by silt, sediment, and construction debris.
Nilex Silt Fence is designed and manufactured to meet and exceed industry standard sediment control requirements.
Nilex also offers a wire backed silt fence which is constructed of 16 guage wire mesh, covered with a woven geotextile fabric. The wire mesh provides additional support during substantial loads of silt and water
Silt Fence should:
• Be considered as a component of a comprehensive erosion and sediment control best management plan
• Be carefully maintained and inspected
• Be installed on a slope where sheet flow runoff can be stored behind barriers
• Push fabric against the posts
• Not be used in areas of concentrated flow; across streams, ditches, and waterways
Advantages:
• Quick and easy installation
• Fabricated with UV stabilized geotextile and premium wooden stakes
• Custom fabrics and posts available
Silt Fence
PRODUCT OVERVIEWEROSION &SEDIMENT CONTROL
INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
Option 1 (Preferred)
To ensure optimal performance, silt fence is best installed in an excavated 6” x 6” (15 cm x 15 cm) trench. Stakes should be pounded in until the fabric reaches the bottom of the trench.
Always install with the posts facing downhill, so runoff pushes the fabric against the posts, not away from them. The trench should be backfilled by a backhoe or other earth moving equipment.
Option 2
The second option is to pound in the stakes until the fabric is snug on the soil surface. Earth moving equipment should be used to cut and blade at least 6” (15 cm) of fill against the fabric edge. This method of installation is less labour intensive, but may allow water to undercut the silt fence in areas of high runoff.
When installing several lengths of silt fence end to end, overlap the edges of the fabric at least 18” (45 cm).
Silt Fence
Rev. 07/2010
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