How Heavy is FRP?

FRP is light. Very light.

Most FRP structural shapes like beams and angle only weigh 25% of the weight of steel and 70% of the weight of aluminum. Steel and wood are far heavier than FRP.

This makes FRP an excellent choice when weight is an important factor when designing a structure.

You'll often see FRP used in children's play structures and for pedestrian bridges in cases where an all-steel design would be too heavy.

FRP has the added benefit of being non-corrosive, which makes FRP preferable over a wood design in wet environments, like over a stream.

How Light is FRP?

Here's a fun video we made of our young fabricator, Russ Jarvis, curling a 20 foot 6" by 1/4" FRP
wide flange beam.

 

If this beam were made of steel, it would weigh over 500 pounds. (Even Russ might have a little trouble with that!)

This beam is made of  FRP so it 'only' weighs 150 lbs. No problem for FIBERMAN! 

 Call Fiberman at 1-877-984-7788 for a quote on your next FRP project.