Rainsmart Ellipse Soakaway Crate Flat-Packed

Our Rainsmart crates are available flat-packed for easy assembly on site. Assembly of each crate takes approximately 2-3 minutes using a rubber mallet (supplied free of charge if you buy our 1 cubic metre soakaway sets).

Take a quick look at how easy assembly is: 

Size, load and capacity

Each crate has an overall area of approximately 0.25 square metres, enabling 4 crates to be used together to make a 1 cubic metre soakaway.

The Rainsmart soakaway crate has an impressive void ratio of 95%. This is the amount of free space within the crate structure that can be used for rainwater storage. Each crate has a capacity of 233.64 Litres.

The vertical crush load capacity of 24.2 tonnes per square metre ensures that the Rainsmart Ellipse crates are safe to be used beneath gardens and pedestrian areas. The lateral crush load of 18 tonnes per square metre is the best of any type of soakaway crate.

Joining crates together

Clips are not required to hold the crates together, we recommend the use of cable ties to hold the crates in situ until the side fill is introduced. No clips on any crate system are structural, it is the side fill which holds the installation in place. Cable Ties are included with our 1m³ Soakaway Sets but if you are ordering individual crates and need to join them together you should order the ties separately.

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