
The Ironwork Defence System Armadillo Armadillo protects manhole covers, gully grates, and drainage networks from damage and debris. Its tough shells protect ironwork, while Silt Shield prevents blockages by trapping silt and debris. By safeguarding infrastructure, Armadillo enhances durability and reduces maintenance costs. Strengthen your infrastructure with Armadillo today. View the range Ironwork on construction sites is vulnerable to heavy machinery and silt intrusion, leading to costly damage and repairs. The Armadillo range is engineered for ultimate protection, ensuring manhole covers and gully gratings withstand extreme loads without premature wear. Our durable protector shells and plates safeguard infrastructure, keeping ironwork in peak condition until it's needed post-construction. Silt Shield is a retrofittable solution that traps silt and debris, preventing blockages and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. With the Armadillo range, Wrekin delivers a cost-effective, sustainable way to protect ironwork, reduce downtime, and maintain site efficiency. Multiple solutions Meet the Armadillo range Manhole cover protector shells Armadillo manhole cover protector shell is a reusable shell that is compatible with both Highway and Tristar manhole covers. Gully grate protector shells Armadillo gully grate protector shell is easy to install with Tristar gully grates and is installed proud of the binding layer. Silt Shield Traps silt and debris before it can enter the drainage network, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and mitigating the risk of blockages and associated flooding. Related Case Studies Related case study Bell Contracting finds perfect site solution in Armadillo range Bell Contracting has historically found its ironwork being damaged or cracked during the construction phase. This problem was costing time, money, and materials to replace, so could not go on. Bell Contracting Read more Knowledge base articles Knowledge base article Armadillo range compatibility chart Find out which Armadillo system is right for your next project, whether that is the protector shell for manhole covers / gully grates or Silt Shield to protect the drainage network. Knowledge base article Bespoke Armadillo Find out how you can customise our Armadillo products. The customisation includes colour schemes, bespoke chequer patterns, enhanced anti-slip coating, and alternative badging. Downloads Armadillo - Ironwork Defence System Brochure-pdf Armadillo Silt Shield - Installation Guide.pdf Instruction manual-pdf Manhole cover frame raising system Clicklift compatible Clicklift eliminates the time and resources required to dig out and reinstall frames to suit the final adoptable surface. This eliminates the potential damage to manhole covers during construction and removes the potential for residents claims for damage to their vehicles and massively reduces disruption. Clicklift provides housing developers with huge savings in terms of time, money and hassle. Allowing whole estates to have their covers raised to the final surfacing level, in as little as a few hours. See how ClickLift can help you Promoting responsibility with Britain's waterways The Sea Starts Here We're promoting awareness of a simple but important issue on our most popular Tristar D400 gully gratings. Did you know that waste disposed of down gullies, whether at a roadside or pedestrianised area, can end up in the watercourse. This includes rivers, brooks, becks, ditches, leats and culverts. Ultimately, it has the potential to reach the sea, meaning the sea often really does start here. In collaboration with a long-standing house building client, we've taken the notable step to include "The Sea Starts Here" as a message on our highest selling Tristar gully gratings. The message serves as a poignant reminder that our actions on land reverberate to our oceans. The Sea Starts Here Tristar D400 Gully Gratings More available accessories Clicklift Provides housing developers and contractors with huge savings in terms of time, money and hassle. Allowing whole estates to have their manhole covers raised to the final surfacing level, in as little as a few hours. Unipak® A BBA HAPAS approved ironwork installation system that is designed to reduce risk of bedding failure, one of the main factors contributing to premature failure of chamber tops. Gritblocker An anti-blockage keyway insert that simply fits into the manhole cover keyway, reducing the risk of debris from blocking the opening while allowing a lifting key to be inserted. Screwlift Our rapid manhole frame levelling system and is suitable for use with nearly all of our D400 and E600 manhole covers and gully grates. H2GO Gully Chute Connector The H₂GO gully chute connector is designed to fix below a grating or kerb type gully unit with a primary catchment chamber and spigot outlet for onward pipe connection. These are ideal where gully grates are offset to gully pots, or where direct surface run off is required. Flood and Odour Control Plate Design to be fitted to our ductile iron access cover and frames, the flood and odour control plate provides resistance to egress of chamber odours and flood water ingress. Reducer ring Provide a second line of defence against chambers being accessed by unauthorised people or potential falls if accidentally left uncovered. Lifting keys Our range of lifting keys provides safe and secure lifting to our entire range of access covers, including ductile iron, steel and aluminium. Seal plates Seal plates are a retrofit solution for Unite manhole covers, designed to prevent surface water run off from entering the chamber (compatible with Unite codes ending /KUE). Chamber Access From robust chamber step irons suitable for concrete and brickwork applications to innovative composite modular ladders that offer flexibility and longevity. Contact us Whether you are looking for live project support, or are in the initial stages of specification, we are always on hand and happy to help. Share this page

The Ironwork Defence System

Armadillo

Armadillo protects manhole covers, gully grates, and drainage networks from damage and debris. Its tough shells protect ironwork, while Silt Shield prevents blockages by trapping silt and debris. By safeguarding infrastructure, Armadillo enhances durability and reduces maintenance costs. Strengthen your infrastructure with Armadillo today.

View the range

A housing development under construction in the background, with three product renders displayed on top: the Armadillo Manhole Cover Protector Shell, Gully Grate Protector Shell, and Silt Shield.

Ironwork on construction sites is vulnerable to heavy machinery and silt intrusion, leading to costly damage and repairs. The Armadillo range is engineered for ultimate protection, ensuring manhole covers and gully gratings withstand extreme loads without premature wear. Our durable protector shells and plates safeguard infrastructure, keeping ironwork in peak condition until it's needed post-construction.

Silt Shield is a retrofittable solution that traps silt and debris, preventing blockages and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. With the Armadillo range, Wrekin delivers a cost-effective, sustainable way to protect ironwork, reduce downtime, and maintain site efficiency.

Multiple solutions

Meet the Armadillo range

Manhole cover protector shells

Armadillo manhole cover protector shell is a reusable shell that is compatible with both Highway and Tristar manhole covers.

Gully grate protector shells

Armadillo gully grate protector shell is easy to install with Tristar gully grates and is installed proud of the binding layer.

Silt Shield

Traps silt and debris before it can enter the drainage network, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and mitigating the risk of blockages and associated flooding.

Related Case Studies

Related case study

Bell Contracting finds perfect site solution in Armadillo range

Bell Contracting has historically found its ironwork being damaged or cracked during the construction phase. This problem was costing time, money, and materials to replace, so could not go on.

Bell Contracting

Knowledge base articles

Knowledge base article

Armadillo range compatibility chart

Find out which Armadillo system is right for your next project, whether that is the protector shell for manhole covers / gully grates or Silt Shield to protect the drainage network.

Knowledge base article

Bespoke Armadillo

Find out how you can customise our Armadillo products. The customisation includes colour schemes, bespoke chequer patterns, enhanced anti-slip coating, and alternative badging.

Downloads

Armadillo - Ironwork Defence System

Brochure-pdf

Armadillo Silt Shield - Installation Guide.pdf

Instruction manual-pdf

Manhole cover frame raising system

Clicklift compatible

Clicklift eliminates the time and resources required to dig out and reinstall frames to suit the final adoptable surface. This eliminates the potential damage to manhole covers during construction and removes the potential for residents claims for damage to their vehicles and massively reduces disruption. Clicklift provides housing developers with huge savings in terms of time, money and hassle. Allowing whole estates to have their covers raised to the final surfacing level, in as little as a few hours.

See how ClickLift can help you

Promoting responsibility with Britain's waterways

The Sea Starts Here

We're promoting awareness of a simple but important issue on our most popular Tristar D400 gully gratings. Did you know that waste disposed of down gullies, whether at a roadside or pedestrianised area, can end up in the watercourse. This includes rivers, brooks, becks, ditches, leats and culverts. Ultimately, it has the potential to reach the sea, meaning the sea often really does start here.

In collaboration with a long-standing house building client, we've taken the notable step to include "The Sea Starts Here" as a message on our highest selling Tristar gully gratings. The message serves as a poignant reminder that our actions on land reverberate to our oceans.

The Sea Starts Here Tristar D400 Gully Gratings