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The vinyl ester that handles bleach plant splash is\noverkill (and overpriced) for a pedestrian bridge in a dry warehouse.\nAnd a heavy 50 mm moulded panel on a low-traffic walkway is money\nthat should have gone into a better resin system somewhere else on the\nsame project.","how-to-choose-frp-grating","en","2026-08-19","Endura FRP Team","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-frp-grating\u002Fcover.jpg",{"type":17,"children":18,"toc":608},"root",[19,26,31,38,43,48,53,59,64,82,92,102,112,118,123,228,238,243,249,254,264,288,298,303,309,314,359,364,370,375,418,423,429,434,444,454,464,470,475,592,597,603],{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":22,"children":23},"element","p",{},[24],{"type":25,"value":10},"text",{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":27,"children":28},{},[29],{"type":25,"value":30},"This guide works through the five questions an engineer should answer\nbefore a panel goes on the RFQ — environment, load, surface, resin,\nmesh — and ties each one to the panel sizes and resin grades we\nactually ship at Endura FRP (moulded 13 \u002F 25 \u002F 30 \u002F 38 \u002F 50 mm;\npultruded I-type and T-type). Use it as a pre-issue checklist and the\npanel you receive will hold up across the full 20-year design life.",{"type":20,"tag":32,"props":33,"children":35},"h2",{"id":34},"why-the-spec-not-the-price-drives-the-lifecycle",[36],{"type":25,"value":37},"Why the spec, not the price, drives the lifecycle",{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":39,"children":40},{},[41],{"type":25,"value":42},"The cheapest quotation is rarely the cheapest installation. A standard\npolyester panel in a bleach plant splash zone shows surface attack\nwithin 18 months. A 50 mm moulded panel on a pedestrian walkway is\nover-spec'd by 30%, and the budget you saved would have bought a\nvinyl ester upgrade in a more demanding zone.",{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":44,"children":45},{},[46],{"type":25,"value":47},"The hidden cost of mis-spec is replacement. FRP grating is removable.\nThe production line it sits over usually is not. An unplanned\nshutdown to replace a corroded walkway in a 316 stainless process\nplant can run six figures per day — and that's before counting the\nincident report and the audit finding that often follows.",{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":49,"children":50},{},[51],{"type":25,"value":52},"Five factors drive every FRP grating spec. Get any one wrong and the\npanel fails before its design life.",{"type":20,"tag":32,"props":54,"children":56},{"id":55},"_1-environment-chemistry-moisture-temperature",[57],{"type":25,"value":58},"1. Environment: chemistry, moisture, temperature",{"type":20,"tag":21,"props":60,"children":61},{},[62],{"type":25,"value":63},"Start here. 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