GFRC Introduction

Cara Tiles, as a premier fabricator of architectural concrete and a leader in

GFRC production, is always looking to educate customers, especially GFRC
because of its great properties and prominence in the industry.
Our GFRC products includes, Nettings, Planters, Column, Sculpture, Screen
Designs, Fountains, Railings, and Cladding Panels etc.
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) is a material which today is making a
significant contribution to the economics, to the technology and to the
aesthetics of the construction industry worldwide. This environmentally
friendly composite, with its low consumption of energy and natural raw
materials, is being formed into a great variety of products and has won firm
friends amongst designers, architects, engineers and end users for its flexible
ability to meet performance, appearance and cost parameters. The Alkali
Resistant glass fiber is generally used at the 2-5% level in the manufacture of
factory finished prefabricated products either by the spray process or using
traditional concrete casting methods. It is also used in the 1-2% range for
reinforced renders as a site applied mix and can also be used to control plastic
shrinkage cracking, micro cracking and bleeding of site-cast concrete.
Cara Tiles has spent years refining our mix to provide architectural precast of
a very high quality. As a designer, architect, or home owner looking to specify
precast concrete for your next project's countertops, nettings or elevations,
we know look at how GRFC will benefit and likely be the ideal choice for your
project.
Benefits of GFRC:
• Lighter weight: With GFRC, concrete can be cast in thinner sections and is
therefore as much as 50% to 75% lighter than similar pieces cast with
traditional concrete.
• High strength: GFRC can have flexural strength as high as 4000 PSI and it has
a very high strength-to-weight ratio.
• Reinforcement: Since GFRC is reinforced internally, there is no need for
other kinds of reinforcement.
• Toughness: GFRC doesn't crack easily-it can be cut without chipping.
• Surface finish: Because it is sprayed on, the surface has no bugholes or
voids.
• Sustainable: Because it uses less cement than equivalent concrete and also
often uses significant quantities of recycled materials (as a pozzolan), GFRC
qualifies as sustainable.
• It is weather and fire resistant, economical and emery efficient.