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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":16,"children":17,"toc":607},"root",[18,25,30,37,42,47,52,58,63,81,91,101,111,117,122,227,237,242,248,253,263,287,297,302,308,313,358,363,369,374,417,422,428,433,443,453,463,469,474,591,596,602],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":21,"children":22},"element","p",{},[23],{"type":24,"value":9},"text",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":26,"children":27},{},[28],{"type":24,"value":29},"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":19,"tag":31,"props":32,"children":34},"h2",{"id":33},"why-the-spec-not-the-price-drives-the-lifecycle",[35],{"type":24,"value":36},"Why the spec, not the price, drives the lifecycle",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":38,"children":39},{},[40],{"type":24,"value":41},"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":19,"tag":20,"props":43,"children":44},{},[45],{"type":24,"value":46},"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":19,"tag":20,"props":48,"children":49},{},[50],{"type":24,"value":51},"Five factors drive every FRP grating spec. Get any one wrong and the\npanel fails before its design life.",{"type":19,"tag":31,"props":53,"children":55},{"id":54},"_1-environment-chemistry-moisture-temperature",[56],{"type":24,"value":57},"1. Environment: chemistry, moisture, temperature",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":59,"children":60},{},[61],{"type":24,"value":62},"Start here. 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