The durability and lightweight properties of GRP make it the ideal construction material for applications as diverse as lorry aerofoils and roofs, boats, ponds, and automotive body panels. Grp is also used in hostile industrial settings for applications such as tanks and underground pipes; this is due to its ability to withstand high temperatures and its resistance to chemicals.
GRP is also ideally suited to small craft construction. As well as being an inexpensive material, it is robust, flexible and will never corrode. A number of RNLI lifeboats are constructed completely from GRP; these vessels are used in heavy weather for inshore rescue. The MHC Coastal Mine Hunter is the largest all-GRP naval vessel.
GRP is also used throughout the automotive industry for after-sale body kits, body repair kits, kit cars and body panels for production cars such as the TVR. GRP is the material of choice for this company because of its lightweight, corrosion-free, waterproof performance and its ease of use, which allows freedom in the design of the vehicle.
In all of these applications GRP has become a proven and accepted means of waterproofing in environments much harsher and more demanding than roofing. No other roofing material can be used this way. This technology has now been adapted to roofing to provide the ultimate waterproofing system which has the potential to outlast the srtucture it is protecting.
