Fiberglass: A Versatile Material
In the small ranch-style 1970s era home that I grew up in, there was small covered carport on the north side of the home that my parents decided to turn into a garage when I was about three. My dad decided to embark on the project on his own, with the occasional help of a few friendly neighbors with some skill with a hammer. As my dad worked on the project there would be pallets of fiberglass insulation here and there. I was very young but I still remember the piles of bright pink fluffy material.
Even after all these years, people are still using fiberglass as a material for insulation because fiberglass has a high surface area to weight ratio, high strength, and low cost. As the name would suggest, fiberglass is a material made from very thin fibers of glass. It can be used in a wide variety of uses including thermal insulation for homes, electrical insulation, high-strength fabrics, auto bodies, surfboards, and grating. Fiberglass is an especially popular alternate material for metal gratings because of its lightweight properties and corrosion resistance. These properties make fiberglass an ideal material for applications where water is a factor, such as offshore oilrigs, ships, water treatment facilities, and water parks.
If you are a resident of the Lone Star State and have an interest in fiberglass gratings in Houston, Texas, EPI can help. EPI is a manufacture representative firm on the Gulf Coast specializing in equipment for the marine and petrochemical industries, particularly fiberglass gratings.