Trades Guide

Precast Panels are often cast in a warehouse enviroment, the panels are poured on a steel bed and transported to site. As they are transported there is a limitation to the size of the panels. Panels are normally poured with the ferrules face down, with the lifting anchors in the edge of the panels and gives them the lifters the name of edge lifters. The panels are cast on a steel bed and will require a steel release agaent to avoid the panels sticking to the bed.

Casting on site is called Tilt Panel or Tilt up. These panels are normally cast face up and as the lifting anchors are on the face of the panel it gives the anchors the name of face lifters. The panels are poured on a concrete slab, often the buildings slab and will need a concrete release agent so the panels don't stick to the bed.

• sealants and adhesives
• Grouts and epoxies
• Safety equipment
• Cleaning and janitorial
• Fasteners
• Tools
• Abrasives
• Drills
• Lifting
• Other

Typical products required

Sealants and adhesives	Roof and gutter silicon| Polyurethane sealant like Emer seal PU250 or Sika Pro | Fire rated sealants
Grouts and epoxies	High build patching mortar | Light weight repair mortar | Fairing coat
Cleaning and janitorial	Hand cleaner | Rags | Paper hand towel | Toilet paper | Disinfectant | Spray and wipe
Masonry anchors	Panel prop anchors
Fasteners	Screws, normally series 500's or deep drillers for fastening to the metal beds | Z/P high tensile bolts for bolts props or panels to steelwork
Rivets	Aluminium steel for edge form
Power tools	Drill driver | Rotary hammer drill (Dynadrills) | Grinder | Impact driver
Nutsetters and driver bits	5/16 Nutsetters for hex screws
Drills	SDS Carbide
Other	Dowels for between slab and the bottom of the panels | Grout tubes so grout can be poured around the dowels | Foam doughnuts to prevent grout overflow when filling the grout tube around the vertical dowels | panel packers or shims to level up the panels on the slab | concrete ferrules (more about concrete ferrules) for steel connections, starter bars and support props | Ferrule support chairs to locate and support ferrules | Starter bars to connect the panels to the slab