![]() ![]() These tough and flexible sheets can be joined with specialist tape to deflect tree roots or contain Japanese knotweed rhizome growth. If the job at hand requires a more flexible root barrier, we’ve achieved excellent results with FlexiRoot. The barrier will be anchored into a deep trench around the periphery to prevent lateral knotweed growth, and adjacent sheets will be overlapped for extra security. CuTex has given our clients excellent results in a wide range of scenarios.Īfter a layer of the infected knotweed area has been removed, the whole excavated space can be covered with CuTex. The resulting root barrier is tough, flexible, permeable, and versatile, and it incorporates a copper layer that naturally deflects root growth. Our first port of call is usually a CuTex geocomposite root barrier system, consisting of a copper sheet mechanically encapsulated between a woven polypropylene geotextile and a high-strength nonwoven polypropylene geotextile. There are several different varieties of root barrier for the control of Japanese knotweed roots and rhizome, these should be selected based on the circumstances in which they will be used. Containing Japanese knotweed is difficult, but with professionally installed root barrier use, the spread of invasive root systems can be restricted.Ī root barrier is a protective layer installed below ground to restrict and control root growth. Those who are plagued by Japanese knotweed can testify to its robust nature, as it has been known to grow through roads, paths, bricks, pipework, and masonry. Specialist root barriers can be installed to prevent the continued spread of invasive Japanese knotweed. ![]()
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