Dycel - Installation

Hand laid
The area to be protected should be prepared as for articulated panels, though a suitable toe support will be necessary.

The Dycel blocks are then laid to a stretcher bond working away from the toe beam. The first two courses should be laid simultaneously to ensure that the correct spacing and interlock is achieved.

Following installation of the first two courses it is advisable to set string lines perpendicular to the toe at approximately 6m centres, thus maintaining a constant course length and ensuring the panel remains square.
Filling and seeding
On completion of installation the open cells and joints of the revetment may be filled with material relative to the nature of the application.

Below normal water level this fill may take the form of angular gravel and above this level the cells may be filled with a selected top soil and sown with a seed mixture suitable to the location.

(Ref. CIRIA R116)