Cooling Towers – Wood vs. FRP

Since the 1980’s fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) has been recognized as the best structural material for cooling towers. Engineers and contractors familiar with Redco™ FRP already know that it will not rot, rust, corrode or permit insect attack. What you might not be aware of is that Redco™ FRP components can replace wood directly – specifically replacing wood in a cooling tower that was designed to use wood. There are a few ways about this. Firstly, in “stick built” towers stock-shape FRP materials can more or less replace wood as-is.

When it comes to other towers, modular, reconstructions or “shop-built” FRP components can be custom pultruded to reduce the amount of components required and to increase the speed of construction. If necessary, Redco™ FRP components can be pultruded to match the exact dimensions of any wood material that may have been specified.

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