Cortiflex®
Cortiflex® system description
Cortiflex® lawn edgings and borders offer individual and attractive possibilities for neatly, permanently and attractively dividing up the different garden design areas with a warm patina-coloured boundary. The high-strength corten steel sections, which can be individually cut to size on site, come as standard with solid anchors for concrete or soil and pre-drilled fixing holes. The section heights of 105 mm, 160 mm and 300 mm can be installed with a visible upper section to suit the overall decorative character desired.
Only a screwdriver is required for installation. The M8 round head screws with square neck, and the washers and nuts, are made of V2A stainless steel. The concrete and ground anchors, and the corner elements and fasteners with the straight profiles, are screwed at the prefabricated screw holes – no special tools are required.
In addition to 90° corner elements, 90° and 135° connectors are available, for producing T-shape constructions and slants.
The Cortiflex® sections are supplied as bare rolled corten steel (S355J2W). The desired noble patina layer comes into existence in the course of several weeks, and after about a year it achieves its final surface with a great deal of imprinting.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Three section heights: 105 mm, 160 mm and 300 mm
- High-quality, 3 mm and 5 mm thick corten (COR-TEN) steel
- High stability
- Resistant to mechanical stresses and weathering effects
- Flexible material easy to shape into bends and curves (105 & 160 mm, 3 mm thick)
- Prefabricated corner joints supplied (300 mm)
- Comprehensive range of accessories for the greatest possible design scope
- Prevents lawn edges drying out
- Saves on water needed for flowerbed watering by reducing side drainage
- Easier edge maintenance due to less overgrowth
Installation instructions for section types C105, C160 and C300 for path borders
- No more than one third of the section height (C105/160/300N) should protrude above the ground or the surface of the gravel path.
- The sections can be installed by pressing or hammering them into the ground. They can be further secured with the (optional) anchors (CBA15/25) for use in soil or a concrete bed.
- The sections are joined by bolting the straight lengths to the ground/concrete anchors, the connecting plates (CV90/135) or the corner joints (CEV105/160/300N90) using M8 coach bolts (SV2AM), washers and nuts.
- The sections can easily be cut to length with a conventional hacksaw or an angle-grinder with a suitable cutting wheel. Care should be taken to make a clean and tidy cut.
Installation alternatives with and without earth/concrete anchors
- Using a spade or similar implement, make a V-shaped channel in which the section will subsequently be placed. Using a rubber mallet or wooden block, hammer the section evenly into the ground. Where necessary, dig out more of the soil or loosen it with a spade. Large stones and other solid objects should be removed. The section can be anchored in the ground using ground/concrete anchors (CBA15/25).
- If the sections are to be used for bordering footpaths or cycle paths, they should be installed after removal of the topsoil. They should also be fixed in the ground or in concrete spot or strip foundations using ground/concrete anchors. After the sections have been installed and, if applicable, the concrete foundations have set, the sub-base and top surface of the path are laid.
Straight profile
Corten-steel 3 mm, colour steelgrew, rust
- L = 2.400 mm, H = 105 mm with 6 anchor-/connection screw C105N24
- L = 2.400 mm, H = 160 mm with 6 anchor-/connection screw C160N24
Corten-steel 5 mm, colour steelgrew, rust
- L = 2.400 mm, H = 300 mm with 6 anchor-/connection screw C300N24
Connector
Corten-steel
- L = 140 mm, H = 60 mm CV140
Connectorelement with 4 anchor-/connection screw, thickness = 3 mm - 90°, L = 70 + 70 mm, H = 60 mm CV90
Connectorelement with 2 anchor-/connection screw each leg, thickness = 3 mm - 135°, L = 70 + 70 mm, H = 60 mm CV135
Connectorelement with 2 anchor-/connection screw each leg, thickness = 3 mm
Corner element
Corten-steel
- 90°-corner, 300 + 300 mm, H = 105 mm with 2 anchor-/connection screw each leg, thickness = 3 mm CEV105N90
- 90°-corner, 300 + 300 mm, H = 160 mm with 2 anchor-/connection screw each leg, thickness = 3 mm CEV160N90
- 90°-corner, 300 + 300 mm, H = 300 mm with 2×2 anchor-/connection screw each leg, thickness = 5 mm CEV300N90
Concrete-/ground anchor
Corten-steel
for fixing the 105 mm- and 160 mm-profile with 6 anchor-/connection screw (also suitable as a connector)
- L = 300 mm, B = 60 mm, thickness = 3 mm CBA15
for fixing the 300 mm-profile with 6 anchor-/connection screw (also suitable as a connector)
- L = 300 mm, B = 60 mm, thickness = 3 mm CBA25
Concrete-/ground anchor
Corten-steel
for fixing the 105 mm-, 160 mm- und 300 mm-profile with 2 anchor-/connection screw (not suitable as a connector)
- L = 200 mm, B = 30 mm, thickness = 3 mm CBA10
canted 90° for gravel base course to 105 mm-, 160 mm- and 300 mm-profile with 2 -anchor-/connection screw and 2 round hole Ø 9 mm (not suitable as a connector)
- L = 146 mm, B = 30 mm, H = 57 mm, thickness = 3 mm CKA10
Screw with hex nut
Stainless steel V2A
- L = 20 mm, M8, washer and hex nut, 24 pieces per set SV2AM8024
- L = 20 mm, M8, washer and hex nut, 100 pieces per set SV2AM8100
for screw fastening.
