In South Africa, where security concerns remain a daily reality, protecting ourselves, our families and our businesses is paramount. A popular choice for protecting our loved ones and possessions is the humble precast wall, acting as a defender in the way of potential threats and becoming a crime statistic.

Why Should You Consider a Precast Wall?

Beyond its imposing presence, the precast wall offers a multitude of benefits that have become part of our daily lives and well, they should! In 2022/23, there were about 1.6 million housebreaking incidents, impacting 1.1 million homes. This means 5.7% of all households in the country experienced break-ins.

Today, the expert precast wall suppliers and installers at MFB Walling will expand on the fascinating world of the precast wall and explain a few facts, stats, and benefits about this versatile walling solution.

The Precast Wall – A Fortress of Protection

Precast walls are not just physical barriers. They are intricately woven into the fabric of our everyday lives, playing a crucial role in protecting what we hold most dear, for example:

1. Physical Security: The precast wall acts as a formidable deterrent against intruders, creating a physical barrier that discourages uninvited access. Their inherent strength and durability make them difficult to breach, providing peace of mind and a sense of security for residents and business owners.
2. Perimeter Control: Vibracrete walls clearly define boundaries, establishing a sense of order and control within a property. This is especially crucial for businesses and institutions that require secure perimeters to manage access control, people and vehicular movement.
3. Privacy and Peace: Concrete walling solutions offer a haven of privacy, shielding us from the outside world and creating a sense of seclusion within our homes and workplaces. This is particularly valuable in urban settings where privacy is at a premium.                         

Beyond Barriers – The Precast Wall Is Not Just Burly Bulk

Precast walling is not just a passive security measure. They offer a multitude of benefits that extend beyond physical protection.

• Enhanced Aesthetics: Modern precast walls come in a variety of designs, textures, and finishes, allowing for creative architectural expression. They can be seamlessly integrated into the overall design of a building, adding an element of sophistication and style.
• Improved Sound Insulation: These walls are excellent sound barriers, also known as “no-nonsense” or “no-noise” walls. They act as excellent sound barriers, dampening noise pollution from traffic, construction, noisy neighbours, and other external sources.
• Faster Construction: Unlike traditional brick-and-mortar barriers, precast walls are prefabricated off-site and delivered to the construction site ready for installation. This significantly reduces construction time and minimises disruption, leading to faster project completion and cost savings.

MFB Walling – Your Go-To Walling, Gating, and Perimeter Security Professionals

Other building materials may come and go, but wise property owners choose our precast walls. Be environmentally friendly, save now, and enjoy maintenance-free security solutions for generations. Flimsier alternatives may rot, fade, or crumble over time, so build once and be secure for decades.

We at MFB Walling are the premier perimeter security professionals guarding your family and your future. If you own property in Gauteng or surrounding areas, contact us today for an obligation-free quotation.

At MFB Walling, our Rustic precast walling range is intentionally moulded to resemble a face-brick appearance that adds a certain finesse to your property. Finished in plain concrete grey, the product is already attractive but can be painted to match the colour scheme of your property, providing the strength and security you desire while retaining durability and attractive pavement appeal.

Our Rustic range offers an authentic aesthetic that effortlessly complements various country architectural styles. If you desire both privacy and security, while also seeking to infuse a hint of rustic charm, consider adorning your property with these precast concrete walls.

This walling system is available in heights ranging from 1.2m to 2.4m, offering a versatile design that brings a charming village atmosphere to your yard. This exceptional product allows you to effectively enclose your premises or divide your property into distinct areas. Additionally, it can be utilised as a windbreaker, privacy screen, and sound barrier to section off your patio, ensuring pleasant evenings spent with loved ones without causing excessive disturbance to your neighbours.

Here are a few advantages of installing a Rustic precast wall:

• A long-lasting first line of defence offering privacy and security for decades.
• Affordable with minimal maintenance required.
• Our Rustic precast walling comes with a 5-year guarantee.
• It is aesthetically pleasing and adds pavement appeal.
• The wall is easy to repair in the event of accident damage.
• It is strong and durable.

Uniformity, Security, and Safety with a Touch of Rustic Style

As a family run business with a passion for perfection, we understand that some property owners might want their homes and businesses to be safe and secure without losing uniformity and a touch of style. That is why we at MFB Walling have been manufacturing, distributing, and installing only the most superior-quality concrete walling solutions and prefabricated products to meet every taste and style for decades.

If you are looking to upgrade your property with unadulterated uniformity by using our Rustic range of precast walling, contact us for a non-committal quotation. Or, if you would prefer to use alternative products in our bursting portfolio, peruse our website or consider a consultation with us. We are your cost-effective answer to precast walling solutions.   

Precast concrete walls are typically manufactured by pouring a mixture of cement, sand, and other aggregates into a predetermined mould or form. The resulting concrete is then cured in a controlled environment to ensure that it reaches the desired consistency and strength. Once the mix is cured, the various parts like posts, struts, crossbeams, and panels are transported to the construction site where they are positioned into place to form various structures.

From security perimeter barriers as a first line of defence to encased areas for storage or dividing a property into various areas, precast concrete walls can be used for diverse applications. They are usually quick and easy to install, and if a little imagination is included in property design, prefabricated concrete can provide other helpful structures, like stepping stones, precast concrete kerb stones, or braais – containers where fire can be made to prepare and cook meat and other delicious dishes – and so much more.

In this article, we at MFB Walling will briefly explain a few of the many walling solutions and other products on offer to make your life easier and your building projects simpler.

4 Precast Concrete Walls that Secure Your Property for Absolute Peace of Mind

Our walling solutions are cost-effective, virtually maintenance-free, and long-lasting. Additionally, they carry a 5-year guarantee. The following are just four examples of the superior precast concrete walls we supply, deliver, and install:

1. The Columbo Selection: Made with our special blend of concrete, stone, and crushed brick, our Columbo range offers any building great pavement appeal. They are as durable as all our products, and come in heights of 1.2m to 2.4m, surrounding your property with rugged grace and style.
2. Louvre as an Option: If you are looking for privacy and security while adding a touch of class to your property, try our Louvre panel range. These precast walls are available in 2 or 3 louvres per horizontal panel and they can also be installed at heights between 1.2m and 2.4m. The panels will add elegance to your property.
3. The Rustic Solution: Our Rustic range is made to resemble a face-brick appearance but with a plain concrete finish. Available in the same heights of 1.2m to 2.4m, this design can be painted in any colour you might prefer.
4. Overall Security with the Heavy Duty Option: There will always be a need for complete security solutions surrounding your premises. Whether it is encasing domestic, commercial, or industrial premises, we offer our Heavy Duty range. This barrier is available in 1.2m to 2.7m heights, providing increased durability, security, and strength. As with all our walling solutions, these walls can be topped with either razor wire, wall spikes or electric fencing for added security. In addition, we also offer steel fabricated gates to add extra security and durability that lasts for decades.

Consider MFB Walling as Your Preferred Prefabricated Walling Provider

At MFB Walling, our professional builders and skilled contractors have been manufacturing, supplying, and installing quality precast concrete walls for more than 27 years. Our skills, expertise, attention to detail, and excellent customer service have helped our business grow to be a trusted and reputable leader in the industry.

Whether you are considering any precast walling project, from a DIY home renovation to a professional industrial installation, consider contacting us for unique designs, superior-quality products, expert opinions, and specialised services.

Precast walls are widely recognised as a highly efficient and durable construction method. It involves the manufacturing of concrete panels in a controlled environment, which are then transported to the site and assembled to form a wall structure. Moreover, they are becoming increasingly popular in a variety of construction applications due to their many advantages over other, more traditional building methods like wood, brick, and steel.

In this article, as professional concrete manufacturers at MFB Walling, we will explain a few of the advantages of using precast walling.

Here are five advantages of precast walls you need to know:

1. Faster Construction Time: One of the best advantages of precast walls is that they can be installed much faster than traditional methods, such as masonry, wooden framing, or steel. This is because the walls are prefabricated off-site, where they can be produced to exact measurements with precise ingredients and to exact specifications, and cured under controlled conditions. This eliminates the need for on-site construction, which can be time-consuming and disruptive to other areas of the project.
2. Durability and Longevity: Precast walls are highly durable and long-lasting. They are made using high-quality materials and advanced manufacturing techniques. Concrete walling is also resistant to fire, floods, pests, and other environmental factors that destroy alternative materials. This makes them a good choice for walling solutions in outhouse buildings in harsh African climates or areas where structures need protection from damage.
3. Improved Quality Control: Another advantage of prefabricated walling solutions is that they offer improved quality control. Each segment of walling, including posts, beams, and slabs, is produced in a factory where they are subject to more rigorous quality checks than on-site construction methods. At MFB Walling, no slab, post or beam leaves our premises without owner-operated inspection processes. This practice mitigates the likelihood of defects and substandard quality in concrete products.
4. Design Flexibility: The reason prefabricated walling is such a unique product is its design flexibility. These precast walls can be made in a variety of heights, shapes, and sizes. This gives builders and architects more flexibility and lenience in aesthetic appearance and pavement appeal and can be useful for creating unique and visually appealing landscapes and boundary solutions.
5. Minimising Environmental Impacts: Precast concrete is a sustainable building material. It is only cast once and will last for decades with minimal maintenance. Other building materials may need the felling of trees or reproduction of steel to maintain them over their lifetime; however, concrete walls are easy to repair, even if subjected to a vehicle accident or malicious destruction. Moreover, they can be manufactured with recycled materials and can assist in reducing the amount of waste produced on many construction sites.

Choose MFB Walling Every Time

At MFB Walling, our precast walls are almost maintenance-free and could be topped with electric fencing, razor wire, or steel spikes for added security. Our standard designs in various heights that are available lend themselves to privacy and tranquillity, encircling public and private properties and securing large corporate buildings and industrial facilities.

When it comes to the manufacture, supply, and installation of superior-quality prefabricated concrete products in Gauteng and its surrounding areas, there is only one choice. Choose MFB Walling every time. Contact us for affordable prices, quality guarantees, and superior service. We are the leaders in quality concrete products.

Although there are many ways to enclose your property, heavy duty precast walls are proving to be most popular because of the rising crime rate in South Africa. Although there is a certain comfort in using alternative materials for the same purpose and they are effective to a degree, vibracrete walling solutions offer several advantages over their counterparts, including feasibility, versatility, durability, longevity, and strength.

Our perimeter fencing specialists at MFB Walling have been manufacturing, supplying, and installing superior quality vibracrete security solutions for more than 27 years. Since we are a family run business, we understand the importance of your home and your company needing an adequate first line of defence, whether you are there or not. That is why our range of heavy duty precast walls are now spotted all over the Gauteng province and surrounding areas.

4 Reasons to Choose Heavy Duty Precast Walls through MFB Walling?

There are many reasons why you should consider us at MFB Walling for your heavy duty precast walling, but to narrow it down to only a few, they include:

1. Cost Efficiency: One of the biggest advantages of choosing our vibracrete fencing is its feasibility. It is arguably the most cost-effective way of securing your property for a long period of time. It offers low maintenance in comparison to other walling solutions and, if damaged through a vehicle collision or similar incident, they are easy and cheap to repair. Additionally, they do not rot or rust and replacement parts do not have to be changed out seasonally or every few years. These factors make them both economically viable and eco-friendly.
2. Strength and Longevity: Feasibility aside, our heavy duty precast walls are strong, durable, and built to last. They are manufactured using our special blend of reinforced concrete, which will offer you peace of mind for decades. This makes them ideal for applications where security is a concern, like securing your home or commercial or industrial property.
3. Durability: These perimeter boundary solutions are also weather- and fire-resistant and can withstand the harshest of the elements, making them ideal for any African environment. In addition to all these aforementioned benefits, for added security, they can also be topped with razor wire or intimidating steel wall spikes. We are so confident in our finished vibracrete walls that we offer a five-year guarantee on our workmanship.
4. Versatility: Our vibracrete walls can be customised to meet your needs. They are available in various heights from 1.2m to 2.7m and can be used in a host of applications – from sub-dividing property to providing on-site storage. Additionally, they could be used for:

• Residential fencing
• Commercial and industrial security
• Government or municipal properties
• Landscaping

Choose the Champions of Precast Walling Solutions

Erecting a precast wall properly the first time makes sense. It doesn’t only save you cents but also offers you maintenance-free security solutions that will last for generations. Other fencing solutions may need replacing several times over the lifetime of one professionally installed MFB Walling heavy duty precast wall.

All our products are manufactured under owner supervision at our enormous yard in Putfontein on the East Rand, suitable for the production of various precast products. No product leaves our premises without being owner tested and inspected. From one family to another, if you need superior-quality precast walling solutions, peruse our website or simply contact us for a no-obligation consultation.

Without spending tens of thousands on inverters, solar panels, and deep-cell lithium batteries, wall spikes are the most cost-effective deterrent for your boundary wall. Even if an exorbitant investment in energy-powered perimeter security systems is made, there is no guarantee that backup power units will last for the duration of extended load-shedding periods. And if they do, will the batteries be charged enough to be effective for the next debilitating round only four hours away?

Permanent, Non-Energy-Sapping Wall Spikes as Your Security Solution 

In South Africa today, traversing the 2020 decade is filled with new challenges. Although we have a beautiful country and the positives still far outweigh the negatives, crime statistics are reportedly on the rise, unemployment is climbing in the wrong direction, and our energy service provider is unable to meet supply with demand. This is resulting in companies, individuals, and families needing to explore alternative sources of boundary security without having to sell the property to afford it.

Whether your goal is to protect your family by deterring intruders from entering your home or protecting your assets at your business premises, a more cost-effective, permanent, non-energy-powered solution should be investigated, and wall spikes, also known as razor spikes or anti-climb spikes are fast becoming the best solution.

4 Basic Benefits of Wall Spikes Being Fitted to Your Boundary Wall

As a family-run business, our perimeter fencing professionals at MFB Walling are well aware of the importance of protecting you and your loved ones. With this in mind, here are a few benefits of topping your precast walling solutions with sound, secure, energy-free razor spikes:

1. Deterrence: Rubber mats, blankets, and other devices used to prevent electric shock will be pierced right through when pressure is asserted on wall spikes, causing pain and possible injury. The objective is not to hurt potential intruders but to make it difficult and dangerous for them to attempt to traverse your boundary wall.

2. Versatility: Although they can be fitted to various boundary fence solutions, because of their width dimensions, construction, and design, they are most effective on vibracrete walls. However, they can be affixed to steel gates and other entrance and exit points for added security.

3. Most Cost-Effective Solution: Wall spikes will be there when the power goes out. They are cheaper than cameras and other security technology and they will withstand multiple levels of load-shedding without a recharge. They will statically guard your property when the security personnel are away from the front gate, out on perimeter patrol, or distracted by an on-site emergency. Once installed, it will be on guard when others are not.

4. Longevity: Our non-climb spikes are made of tough, high-quality steel. They are weather resistant and will withstand the harshest South African climates. Maintenance on these silent watchdogs is virtually non-existent. So, if you crown any of our security walling and gating solutions with our wall spikes, expect it to last for decades.

United We Stand

As law-abiding citizens of this wonderful country, allow us at MFB Walling to assist in protecting you, your loved ones, your property, and your assets against those who are not.

Contact us today for a free, non-committal quotation for our affordable precast walling solutions, steel gates, wall spikes, and razor wire. We will surround you with our quality products so that you can sleep peacefully.