Home defence solutions are a top priority for most homeowners in South Africa today, and although precast wall systems play a significant role in the first line of defence of your property, steel gates might be your solution to the completion of your home security matrix.

Steel is a versatile material and can be used in many home improvement projects. Its inherent properties make it a useful, viable, and sturdy solution for many applications across the building industry. But, more specifically, steel gates can form a perfect union with precast wall systems when needed to keep your loved ones, belongings, and property safe from unwanted intruders.

Steel Gates Complement Concrete Walling Solutions

Our expert builders at MFB Walling specialise in surrounding the ones you love in a blanket of aesthetically pleasing concrete designs that assist in deterring uninvited guests from entering your property. These vibracrete walling solutions offer security from potential harm, sound resistance from unwanted noise pollution, and privacy from the prying eyes of nosey neighbours. 

However, your investment in an advanced perimeter defence solution might be rendered useless if you don’t secure the obvious. Entrance and exit points are essential for the comings and goings into and out of your property. Pedestrian entrances and access for vehicles are obvious security threats, so these open doorways need to be sufficiently secured to complement your concrete barrier. Steel gates made from the best-quality materials will go a long way to ensure your premises is properly protected.

Matching Alternative Access Barriers with Steel Gates    

Steel is a resilient, durable material, and if galvanised, or primed and painted correctly, could last for decades with very little maintenance – just as your concrete walling solution will. They can withstand the harsh weather elements that Africa has to offer, and unless there is a direct collision impact, professionally constructed steel gates are unlikely to bend, break, snap, or rot. This equates to you being able to trust your metal barrier for years.

When other materials are used for access barriers, there may be seasonal maintenance needed. This means the arduous task of scraping or sanding the surfaces and refurbishing broken or damaged areas of the gate almost every quarter. The production of paint and varnish can be harmful to the atmosphere and rotten or broken segments of a wooden gate might mean that trees have to be felled to provide replacement pieces. Steel gates are weather resistant and visually appealing as is, and they are environmentally friendly since you only install them once.

Makeup and Design

Our professionally trained, skilled welders and metal fabricators have been with us for years, and they manufacture premium steel gates using only the very best materials available. Your unique thoughts and designs will be taken into consideration in the production process, giving your property pavement appeal according to your personal preference and style, while we provide you with the best marriage between steel and concrete to protect you and your loved ones.

Protect Your Home with a United Front 

At MFB Walling, we pride ourselves on being innovative and practical. While we specialise in various types and designs of aesthetically pleasing precast walling, we also provide the best quality palisade fencing and steel gates, providing you with a united security front.

Contact us for competitive prices and the best designs.

You will only fully appreciate the noise-reduction benefits a Jumbo precast wall has to offer once you have lived or worked in a noisy environment. Living with constant, uninvited auditory pollution is very distracting when performing tasks that require an amount of uninterrupted concentration, like administrative duties and computer-based work, or even while completing projects where peace and quiet is preferred.

As a family-run business, our professionals at MFB Walling understand how irritating unwanted noise can be. Living with the sounds of passing trucks, tractors, and trailers, industrial machinery, and traffic during the day and passing trains, buses, and inconsiderate neighbours in the evening make it difficult to relax. That is why we suggest that you consider separating your property from the offending disturbance with a Jumbo precast wall.

In this article, we will be discussing some of the benefits of installing a Jumbo precast wall, including using the barrier as a form of soundproofing.

Jumbo Precast Walling as a Sound Barrier 

Among the many benefits that vibracrete walling has to offer is that it goes a long way in reducing noise pollution. Another huge benefit is that the higher the walling system is above the receiver’s line-of-sight, and therefore, auditory level, the more effective it will be at blocking, absorbing, or reflecting sound waves.

Sound is measured in decibels. These are units used to measure the intensity or loudness of sound. Not only are aggressive sound waves annoying but they can also cause stress and irritability. Chronic exposure to auditory pollution may lead to health issues, such as raised blood pressure, nervous tension, hearing damage, and more. Concrete walls, like our Jumbo precast wall, for example, are a proven sound barrier and can assist in cancelling out noise distractions.

8 More Benefits of Using Vibracrete Walling Solutions

A Jumbo precast wall noise barrier is not only a formidable security barrier, but it is also a walling solution that is erected, separating the cause of the increased decibels and the receiver. They could be found anywhere from leafy suburban neighbourhoods, industrial parks, and business complexes to bordering highways and other high-vehicular traffic areas, airports, and more. In fact, if you have a consistent noise problem from any neighbouring property, it could be partially mitigated by using a Jumbo precast wall.

Here are just a few other advantages of using our Jumbo precast wall:

• It is a long-lasting first line of defence offering privacy and security for decades.
• Our rates are the most affordable, with minimal maintenance required throughout its lifespan.
• Our Jumbo precast walling comes with a 5-year guarantee.
• It is available in convenient heights of 1.2m – 2.4m.
• The wall has an attractive brick-shaped design and is easy to paint to match your home or corporate colours.
• It is aesthetically pleasing and adds pavement appeal to any property.
• The wall is easy to repair in the event of accident damage.
• It is strong and durable.

Choose Professionals with a Proven Track Record

When it comes to precast walling products, our specialist builders at MFB Walling have been manufacturing, supplying, and installing concrete security solutions for more than 27 years. None of our quality products leave our premises without being tested and owner inspected. Our track record is proven in our satisfied customer base. For top-quality sound, security, and privacy solutions, contact us for a free, non-committal quotation.

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 well-established, trusted, reliable, and reputable leader in the industry and our standard, plain grey precast walling has become a common sight all over Gauteng.

So, it came as some surprise when we found out that some of our happy, loyal customers, some of whom have been referring new business to us for years, were not aware that we also offer many more options to our walling solutions other than standard, smooth, grey precast concrete walls. With this in mind, we would like to take this opportunity to inform our clientele (whether they are old, new, or potentially new) of the various choices they have in our selection of horizontal panelling that fill the spaces in between our vertical posts.

In this article, we will unveil five additional, attractive options that we at MFB Walling have to offer:

5 Additional Choices from Our Premier Selection of Precast Concrete Walls

Our walling solutions are cost-effective, virtually maintenance-free, and long-lasting and carry a 5-year guarantee.

1. Columbo: Produced with our special blend of crushed brick, stone, and concrete, our Columbo range offers great pavement appeal. As durable as all our products, they come in heights of 1.2m – 2.4m and surround your property with rugged grace and style.
2. Jumbo: Moulded to assimilate a large brick pattern, our Jumbo walls are also available in 1.2m – 2.4m heights. Apart from the privacy they provide, they are a formidable security barrier and are easy to paint and maintain.

3. Louvre: If you are looking for privacy and security while simultaneously adding a touch of class, try our Louvre panel range. Available in 2 or 3 louvers per horizontal panel, it too can be installed at heights from 1.2m – 2.4m, adding a little elegance to any property.

4. Rustic: Allow your property to be hugged with these precast concrete walls. Our Rustic range is moulded intentionally to resemble a face-brick appearance, but with a plain concrete finish. Available in the same heights, this design adds a village atmosphere to your yard.

5. Heavy Duty: Occasionally, there is a need for extra security. For this, we offer our Heavy Duty range. This formidable barrier is available in 1.2m – 2.7m heights, providing increased security, durability, and added strength. As with all our walling solutions, this asset protector can be topped with either razor wire or wall spikes for added peace of mind.

Choose from the Leaders in Walling Solutions

Vibracrete walling solutions have proven to be a cost-effective way of securing your property. Lasting for decades, they are more ecologically friendly with little or no maintenance. At MFB Walling, we have established our reputation by using our special blends of sand, cement, and secret additives to deliver only the best concrete products. Contact us today and choose the style that best suits you.

When investigating quality concrete fencing for your home or business premises, you should consider installing louvre precast walling. This form of fencing is not only a formidable security barrier surrounding your property, but it is also aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Once installed, it is attractive enough in standard grey. However, it can just as easily be colour coded and painted to match the colour of your home or even that of your corporate colours at your place of work.

Fit to match any property – commercial, industrial, or domestic – this perimeter structure is built to last for decades. Additionally, it can be used to subdivide your property, separating the back from the front or separating parking areas, for example. It is durable and can withstand fire or flood with very little maintenance. It is easy to clean. A simple solution of soap and water, together with a scrubbing brush, will keep it free of dust and dirt. A short burst of water from a pressure washer hose will do the trick just as easily.

Consider MFB Walling for Quality Louvre Precast Walling

Our specialist builders at MFB Walling have been manufacturing, supplying, and installing concrete security solutions for more than 27 years. We are a family-run business, so we understand the meaning of being safe and sound inside your property. We offer a full range of precast products and are so confident in our workmanship that all our concrete walling comes with a standard 5-year guarantee. This includes our louvre precast walling, which offers privacy and security while creating an elegant boundary wall to neatly finish off your property.

Our louvre precast walling is available from 1.2m – 2.4m heights. Once completed, this structure can be topped off with either razor wire or wall spikes for extra security. This type of precast walling comes in either two or three louvre panels.

How is Our Louvre Precast Walling Installed?

At MFB Walling, we believe in service excellence and providing our customers with only top-quality products. We manufacture our products with pride and care so that you can have peace of mind. Although you could purchase our walling and take on the job of installing it yourself, we find that using our specialised contractors is the simplest solution. Not only have our contractors been with us for many years, but they also come with decades of experience. Using our teams will ensure that the walling structure is professionally installed and will last you for generations to come.

Choose MFB Walling for Your Perimeter Walling Solutions

Our quality products have been manufactured by a team of seasoned professionals, many of whom have been with us from the very beginning. All workmanship is personally supervised and quality tested, so that you know each post and slab that leaves our premises is good for their guarantee. Our products are made from the best quality sand, stone, and cement, and they come at extremely cost-efficient rates. Contact us for a free non-committal quotation and source your security solutions from those that care about you and your security.  

Many people have lived their entire lives in a house surrounded by precast walls without having to do much maintenance to it besides a lick of paint every five years or so. The sense of security and privacy it provides gives them a level of comfort in the knowledge that their first line of defence is strong and durable and will last forever. But how long is ‘forever’ and just how long will vibracrete walling last? 

Masters of the trade at MFB Walling answer this question for you.

How are Quality Precast Walls Made?

Before we can discuss how long prefab walling will last, we first need to investigate how they are made, since the very answer to its longevity is the result of how it is manufactured. Precast professionals have spent decades following precise recipes of their very own blend of concrete mixtures and manufacturing techniques to produce perfect posts, slabs and panels for strong and durable walls. They have evolved through the years, adjusting these recipes with additives as modern science has developed them, further adding to the wall’s longevity. Without revealing too many secrets, we explain the process of how precast walls are made.

The quality and durability of concrete products depend on several factors, including the concrete blend ratios of sand, cement, water, certain additives, and the curing process. Curing is when the concrete mixture dries and hardens. Ideally, the perfect curing conditions are around 80 to 85% moisture at 10 degrees Celsius. In some areas in South Africa, these perfect conditions are not always available. However, the ranges of high and low humidity levels vary. If the air is not too dry and the mixture not too wet, the curing process will be just fine, delivering an ideal, quality product.

Although the basic mix of the concrete remains similar from one manufacturer to the next, certain additives may benefit the end result. Some precast walling companies add these ingredients to their mix to increase its strength and permeability. Permeability (or porosity) is the amount of water that enters the cured product. The goal is to prevent water from entering the finished product. The additives help raise the compressive strength of the product while improving its ability to resist water and moisture penetration.

At MFB Walling, the concrete pouring is done at our premises, and we can control the conditions under which the walling is manufactured to ensure that all the relevant processes are followed precisely. We also manage the curing process and ensure that the mixture is just right. Additionally, we control the quality of our products. We never allow substandard walling or concrete fencing to leave our premises – so we know that each pillar, post and slab that leaves our site will last for decades if maintained correctly.

Who to Turn to for Precast Walls

The walling specialists at MFB Walling have been manufacturing vibracrete walling and other concrete products using our ‘secret recipe’ since 1996. Many other products may falter but our precast walls will stand the test of time. Our specific blend of sand, cement, water and other additives will ensure minimum porosity and maximum durability for generations to come. Surround yourself with the security and strength of MFB Walling. We offer the best quality walling at the most competitive prices. Contact us today to protect your assets tomorrow.

Whether it surrounds your business or your home, your vibracrete walls are your first line of defence and keeping them in a respectable condition is important. There are times it represents your brand, your company name and your reputation and, at other times, they must be neat and tidy to complement a well-maintained home. They are built to last decades but, through the years, they may tarnish, get stained by the elements or be subjected to vandalism. 

MFB Walling, the professional manufacturers of precast concrete walling, would like to provide you with a few hints and tips on how to maintain your boundary wall.

5 Ways to Clean Your Vibracrete Walls

The presentation of your property is important for many different reasons. It may influence decisions of whether you receive new business or not, it might neaten the appearance of your home and even increase the value of your property.

Keeping the fencing clean and free of dirt or defacing may take a little time and elbow grease. However, the results of clean perimeter fencing are immediately apparent. Collect your cleaning materials and follow these five handy hints:

1. Hand and Spatula Scraping: The easiest form of cleaning your vibracrete wall is cleaning smaller sections of dirt like clay, paste, tar or other sticky substances. In these instances, use ice to cool the substance, making it more brittle. Use a spatula or chisel to remove the unwanted mess.
2. Hand Washing: This is the most common cleaning method for vibracrete walls. This method is time-consuming but ideal for short sections of walling. Use only pH-neutral products, anti-bacterial cleaners and alkaline cleaners for detergent and ensure that the wall has been appropriately sealed before you commence. Water, the correct detergent and a little manual work will assist in sprucing the wall right up. If it is dog or other animal urine stains that you are attempting to remove, ensure that you use a good quality anti-bacterial cleaner as it was made for this purpose.
3. High-Pressure Washing: The quickest way to get your concrete wall looking brand new is by using a high-pressure water washer. They are simple to use and their effects are immediately noticeable. It will power away most forms of dirt and the water has no corrosive effects on the surface of the walls. If you do not own a pressure washer, you can rent one for a day or two.
4. Sand Blasting: A method best left to the professionals, sandblasting should be reserved for extreme situations such as paint spills, extreme graffiti or pre-sealing before painting.
5. Painting: A personal choice may be to clean the wall by painting the surface with corporate colours or to colour code it with your house. Any of the above cleaning techniques may be used to prepare the walls before painting, but just remember to pre-seal and follow the user instructions on the paint tins before getting started.

Since 1996, we at MFB Walling have been committed to offering only the best quality precast and vibracrete walls from our premises in Putfontein on the East Rand, Gauteng. For expert advice and exceptional service, contact our team of professionals for a quotation today. MFB Walling – walling specialists you can trust.