British Recycled Plastic Fishing Pegs and Fishing Platforms
Recycled plastic does not rot when placed in water making it the ideal building material for aquatic environments
Maintenance Free Fishing Pegs and Pond Dipping Platforms
Recycled plastic is probably the best possible material to use when building any pond-dipping platform or fishing peg / platform due to its extreme durability and its ability to be worked in a way similar to wood.
Make recycled plastic the choice for your angling club
Recycled Plastic Fishing Platform
Lakes, ponds and wetlands are where our recycled plastic has the strongest edge against traditional timber. Timber is at its most vulnerable to rot when fully-submerged, requiring ever-heavier sections to increase the longevity of a structure. Treated timber lasts a little longer, but can pollute waterways and damage delicate ecosystems. In contrast to timber, our 100% solid, recycled plastic lumber posts, planks and decking boards need no treatment or any other maintenance, will never rot, split or splinter and are safe to submerge fully and permanently.
In addition, all of our products have a 25-year guarantee, so there’ll never be any repairs, refurbishments or replacement required. Of course, every piece of our durable, weatherproof recycled plastic to be given a useful second life keeps the equivalent weight of waste plastic out of landfill.
Recycled Plastic Anglers Peg
Whether you’re looking to install a new fishing peg at your angling club, build a dipping platform for your school, or create a wetland boardwalk on your nature reserve, our recycled plastic lumber posts, planks and decking boards are the perfect, sustainable choice.
They’ve been used for landing platforms on boating lakes, to replace timber in the refurb of canal lock paddles and numerous fishing pegs have been constructed at angling and fishing clubs up and down the land.
We’ve even worked with the BDAA (British Disabled Angling Association) to design a wheelchair-accessible fishing peg.
If you’d like a quote for a peg or platform, we’ll need a cutting list.
Unfortunately we’re not able to design a structure for you, nor to interpret drawings or tender specs. Rest assured we’re not being awkward! Each site has such specific considerations that it’s impossible to work on a “one size fits all” basis.
The ground, conditions and function of a site are all widely varying factors. If your construction will have public access, there are a number of regulations which will need to be considered – things such as handrail/barrier height, for instance – which varies when the primary use is likely to be for pedestrians, cyclists or wheelchair-users.
Where wheelchair-access is to be provided, passing places and turning circles are other considerations.
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Recycled Plastic Fishing Platforms FAQ’s
We would strongly recommend using stainless steel bolts and screws for any recycled plastic structure, whether boardwalks, platforms or anything else, otherwise the fixings will need replacing long before the planks, rails and posts
We’d expect it to last several decades, probably 40-75 years if you build it well.
It is difficult and can be frustrating. We always advise drilling a pilot hole.
The grooves on the surface should always be laid across the direction that people will walk. Where used over water, the grooves should always be parallel to the bank
500mm centres are fine
Allowing for a 10mm gap between boards, each decking plank can be roughly counted as half a square metre.
Yes, we can cut your material to your specified sizes for a small charge (see price list).
We strongly recommend using 100x100mm posts (RPL005) spaced at a maximum of 1.5 metres apart, centre to centre.
In many scenarios, recycled plastic lumber can be worked like hardwood, however it is worth noting that it should never be cut lengthwise. This is to do with differing tensions between the “skin” of the recycled plastic and the inside. Nor should deep notches over 50% of the width of the plank be cut into it. Cutting a notch into a lumber plank weakens it as would be the case with timber. Therefore if notched planks are integral to your design, we suggest this is only as part of a finished product which remains static, ie. not something which is regularly moved or dismantled.
It can be cut and drilled like hardwood, but please be aware that this means you will go through blades and drill bits more quickly than if you were working with treated pine.
Recycled plastic boardwalk parts should always be stored laid flat on delivery, until you assemble them.
I’m afraid we don’t design and install ramps, platforms or boardwalks. We just manufacture and supply the boards.
Our recycled plastic does, however, cut and perform in a similar manner to hardwood planks, so the people you would normally use to make this if it were wood should be able to construct it from recycled plastic.
We would be happy to give you a price for the material and can cut it to size if you would like to supply a list of the planks you need. We are also happy to talk to any installers/joiners/volunteers on the phone if they would like additional support.
You will need to do your own workings out based on what you need using our price and product list for the sizes. Having said that, our team are available to offer lots of advice to help you make the move from wood to recycled plastic.
Recycled plastic boardwalk parts should always be stored laid flat on delivery, until you assemble them.
