Press Release

New ‘greener’ repairs for UK

Ferro Monk Systems Limited, one of the UK’s leading Waste Water Asset and Pipeline Rehabilitation specialists, is pleased to announce it has become the first UK approved contractor to use Ultracoat - a 100% solids epoxy sprayed coating system.

To coincide with the announcement the company held an open day demonstration event at its new £1M facility in Leeds. Customers who attended the event came from as far afield as Inverness and watched demonstrations highlighting the benefits of Ultracoat.

Danny Heffernan, managing director Ferro Monk Systems, demonstrating the application of Ultracoat at the open day event.

Friendly on the environment, Ultracoat is a well established process for re-lining, coating, up-grading and structurally reinforcing existing structures. Containing no toxins or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), it is excellent in confined spaces as there are no combustion or hazardous material risks, it has high resistance to H2S attack and can be applied to damp substrates.

Originally developed in the U.S.A by internationally renowned Warren Environmental, subsequently the material and its specialist application equipment was brought to the UK by Fernco Environmental who in turn appointed Ferro Monk to be the first UK approved applicator.  

Ultracoat has been successfully installed to renovate many miles of pipes, tunnels and more than 45,000 manholes, tanks and chambers. It is also the only coating approved by the U.S. Navy for potable water, fuel, oil and sewage applications.

Danny Heffernan managing director at Ferro Monk said, “We wanted to show our customers our newly refurbished facilities and thought it would be a very good opportunity to also show them the benefits of Ultracoat at the same time. An environmentally friendly solution, it can be sprayed onto a wide variety of surfaces including; concrete, steel, brick, iron, fibreglass, clay and steel, with the added bonus that the surfaces can be coated whilst damp”.

Mr. Heffernan added, “Being so versatile means that it can be used in many industries including food processing, chemical, pharmaceutical, power, rail, clean water, waste water and sewage, to rehabilitate a wide variety of structures.”

Mr Graham Wood, project manager, Scottish Water CID – South West Infrastructure, who attended the open day event said, "The Ultracoat epoxy rehabilitation system looks straightforward to apply and will have a multitude of applications in the infrastructure rehabilitation market. Having now seen the product used, I will be able to recommend its benefits to lots of people.“

Mr. Robin Gallacher Scottish Water CID Project Manager, "I found the day highly educational and informative on the latest modern lining techniques which Ferro Monk provide. The innovative rehabilitation techniques demonstrated using Ultracoat were of particular interest as I had not witnessed the application of these products before and found the ease and speed with which they were applied in-situ to be highly impressive, I would certainly look to recommend them to my operational colleagues as a good potential solution."