Clicklift saves housing development time and money

Robin continued: "We no longer have to cut round and break out manhole covers, build the frames and covers up to finished level and then patch the tar around it. All in all, we are minimising the introduction of a potential weak spot in the tar and saving massively on labour – the process is so quick and simple."

"The product gives you confidence because of how tightly it clicks in and remains solid and secure, even when driven over by the tar wagons and paving machine."

In the early stages of a housing development, the manhole covers and frames are set flush with the top of the binder layer. The use of ClickLift eliminates the resources needed to break out and build up these manhole frames once the final road surface is to be laid.

Simon Turner, commercial director at Wrekin, said: “With ClickLift, the original cover and frame are installed at the finished binder layer level and then, prior to the finished surface layer being applied, the manhole cover is simply and quickly raised with a ClickLift frame extender.

Guild Homes introduced ClickLift to its award-winning Strathmore Fields development of 236 homes on Kirriemuir Road, Forfar. In the first and second phases, with 122 properties already occupied, they raised 45 covers using ClickLift. Phase three is under construction, with phase four due to be ready by the end of 2023.

As a former supplier to us in a previous career, Robin told Simon about an idea he’d had for a product to prevent the issue of mud penetrating manhole covers and ultimately blocking the drains.

Robin added: “While we were talking, Simon told me about ClickLift and I was immediately interested. Knowing the work involved in lifting ironwork, I was keen to give it a trial. We approached Scottish Water and our local roads authority, which adopts the new roads once complete, and both were happy for us to trial it."

“As a company, we believe in doing things properly and not cutting corners. We use quality components, and our aim is to finish everything to a standard that we would be happy to live with ourselves, and that includes the quality of the manhole covers and frames that we use."

“It’s such a simple idea that begs the question why it had never been thought of before. I think that within two or three years there will be large numbers of people using ClickLift. It almost halves your cost and takes a fraction of the time to use when compared to the traditional method of raising ironwork.”