Flow Control and Flood Prevention 

With extreme weather becoming more common, towns and their surrounding areas are more at risk of flooding than ever before. Here at Althon we sell a wide variety of flow control and flood prevention products that can help reduce the risks. Many of our products that allow the management of water can also be factory fitted to our precast concrete headwalls. Precast headwalls are an important part of most SUDS drainage schemes, preventing erosion at the point of discharge into watercourses such as attenuation ponds, detention basins, rivers, ditches and swales.

For more information on the types of flow control and flood prevention products we offer please visit here or if you cannot find what you are looking for, email us sales@althon.co.uk or call us on 01603 488700 and we will be happy to help. 

Althon Headwall in Iraq

Althon headwall with factory fitted ductile iron flap valve and stainless steel handrail installed in Basra, Iraq. 

For more information on the types of headwalls we offer please visit our headwalls section or if you cannot find the headwall you are looking for use our design form, email us sales@althon.co.uk or call us on 01603 488700 and we will be happy to help. 

Sewerage Sector Guidance Headwalls

Althon Sewers for Adoption precast headwalls are Sewerage Sector Guidance (SSG) compliant and can be used when sewers are to be adopted on completion by the local Water Company. New sewerage adoption arrangements have come into effect through the publication of the Sewerage Sector Guidance (SSG). The SSG is a suite of documents submitted by Water UK on behalf of the water industry for approval by Ofwat.

You can view our range of SSG compliant headwalls here

For more information on the types of other headwalls we offer please visit our headwalls section or if you cannot find the headwall you are looking for use our design form, email us sales@althon.co.uk or call us on 01603 488700 and we will be happy to help. 

Custom built GMS cranked grating, mesh catwalk and handrail 

At Althon we can offer standard and custom built gratings to suit any of our precast concrete headwalls. All gratings, catwalks and handrails can be custom designed and built to suit any site requirements. The gratings will then be factory fitted to our headwalls to make sure they fit, only being removed for delivery loading/offloading purposes.

The image shows one of our standard RSFA headwalls with a custom built rakeable cranked grating, mesh catwalk for standing on and added handrail for protection. The photo was taken before the metal work had been galvanised.

For more information on our standard headwalls are gratings please visit our website or use our design form, email us sales@althon.co.uk or phone us on 01603 488700 and we will be happy to help with your requirements.

Reducing our carbon footprint 

In 2021 Althon saved 626 tonnes carbon by using GGBS as cement substitute. We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and are constantly looking into new products and methods of production and delivery to help us achieve this.

Concrete suppliers and designers, and in turn their clients and customers, can use concrete to minimise carbon footprints by: optimising mix, the efficient use of materials and recognising the carbon uptake potential of concrete to permanently sequester CO2 in buildings. Concrete can also be reused and at end of life is 100% recyclable.