Is FRP stronger than aluminum?
Different, not simply stronger: excellent stiffness-to-weight and zero corrosion, but design data (span limits at height) is profile-specific — which is exactly why we publish test data instead of adjectives.
TB-CP series
FRP Composite Flood Barrier Planks
A flood plank that never corrodes, conducts nothing, and shrugs off salt air.
Pultruded fiberglass (FRP), in the same stacked-plank logic as aluminum gates. This is our newest line, produced order-driven with our pultrusion partners. This page tells you honestly what's ready, what's in testing, and what it takes to open a profile — because nobody else in this category writes that down.
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We'll share span/deflection test data as it completes.
- Pultruded fiberglass
- 180 mm plank class
- Never corrodes
- Non-conductive
- EPDM sealing
- Order-driven production
Where FRP earns its premium
Three environments punish aluminum over a service life — that's the honest scope of this line.
Coastal & salt-air sites
Corrosion is aluminum's one real weakness over decades; FRP doesn't participate.
Chemical & industrial plants
Process exposure that eats metal service life.
Wastewater sites
Continuous chemical and moisture exposure.
Substations & switchyards
A non-conductive barrier isn't a preference here — it's a spec.
De-icing salt zones
Roadside and ramp openings with seasonal salt loading.
Utility & dealer fleets
Volume cases where tooling math works — early buyers shape the range.
Where it doesn't: if your openings don't live in one of these environments, aluminum remains the value answer — and we'll tell you so in the quote. One doorway won't clear FRP tooling math either; that honesty is the filter this line runs on.
Why FRP, and why now
Aluminum demountable systems are the trade standard — and inland, they should be. But three environments punish aluminum over a service life:
- Coastal and salt-air sites — corrosion is aluminum's one real weakness over decades; FRP simply doesn't participate.
- Chemical and industrial exposure — process plants, wastewater sites, de-icing salt zones.
- Electrical infrastructure — substations and switchyards, where a non-conductive barrier isn't a preference, it's a spec.
If your openings live in one of those, FRP earns its premium across the service life — the honest scope stated next to the scenes above.
Same logic as aluminum, different material
- 180 mm plank profile class — designed to the same stacked-plank, post-and-seal system as our aluminum gates, so posts, seals and deployment practice carry over.
- Pultruded fiberglass — continuous glass fibre in a resin matrix, the process behind FRP ladders, grating and utility poles: proven material science, newly applied to flood planks built to international specifications.
- EPDM sealing — unchanged; sealing is a geometry problem, not a material one.
How order-driven production works (the part nobody publishes)
FRP profiles are made on pultrusion dies. Opening a new profile means tooling — and we'd rather show you the economics than hide them:
- Tooling: a one-time die cost, quoted per profile, amortised across your first production run.
- First run: minimum volumes apply (hundreds of metres, not thousands) — an opening schedule for a real project usually clears it.
- Testing: span and deflection verification on the produced profile — data you receive with the delivery, and the dataset we're building publicly as this line matures.
- Reorders: the die is cut; subsequent runs price like a standard product.
Transparency is the filter here: if your requirement is one doorway, FRP tooling math won't work and we'll say so — aluminum will. If it's a coastal project, a utility fleet or a dealer range, the numbers get interesting.
Span & deflection data
Testing data for the first profiles is being compiled with our pultrusion partners. Register interest below and we'll send span/deflection tables as they complete — no marketing sheet, the actual numbers.
Where FRP sits among the material classes: ABS vs Aluminum vs FRP vs Water-Filled — How to Choose.
FAQ
Why doesn't anyone else sell FRP flood planks?
Pultrusion and flood barriers live in different industries; crossing them takes tooling risk nobody has taken at full specification. That's the gap this line exists to fill — early buyers shape the profile range.
What does it cost?
More than aluminum per metre at first run (tooling amortisation), competitive at reorder. Real numbers come with your opening schedule — we reply within 12 hours once the details are clear enough for pricing.
Request a quote
Tell us your site type and rough volumes. You'll get: tooling economics for your case, the test dataset as it lands, and first-run scheduling before this page gets an "in stock" badge.
We'll share span/deflection test data as it completes.