Limbase quicklime

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Lime for soil stabilisation and land remediation

Limbase quicklimes contain a range of particle sizes and reactivities that have proved to offer the optimum performance on major soil stabilisation contracts in the UK over the last 10 years.

Limbase quicklime types

Limbase 15
Portland Cement
Limbase 6
Limbase 60

Limbase quicklime applications

Stabilisation of weak, clays and other marginal soils with quicklime is an environmentally beneficial way of making them suitable for use within the construction process.

What does Limbase improve?

Increase of shear strength and bearing capacity
Reduction of susceptibility to shrinkage and swelling
Improved resistance to weather and traffic
Reduction of water content to improve strength, workability and compaction

Limbase quicklime benefits

Dramatic reduction in the requirement to import fill and granular subbase materials
Avoidance of muck shifting and tipping charges
Treatment of contaminated soils
Minimising the effect of wet weather
Greatly reduced environmental impact
Avoidance of the aggregate tax
Reduction in construction traffic

What are the benefits of using Tarmac Buxton Lime products?

Quality-assured products.
Our long-established works laboratories’ chemists and technicians for continuous research and development .
Team of dedicated professional engineers for customer consultancy and advice as well as development engineering at Buxton.
The quarry, lime kilns and cement plant are regulated by the Environment Agency's emissions monitoring programme following ISO 14001.

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