Slope Installation
Prepare the seed bed to your specifications or liking by leveling, tilling, fertilizing and seeding. When installing the Rolled Erosion Control Product (RECP) you must first start at the top of the slope by digging a 6” X 6” trench. Once the trench is dug, you must pull at least 12” of the blanket past the trench, place a row of staples anchoring the blanket in the bottom of the trench approximately 12” apart. Once this has been completed, you must then fill the trench back in with the excavated soil, folding the 12” piece of blanket over the top and again anchoring it with staples.
Once the leading edge has been properly and securely anchored to the soil its time to roll out the RECP. The best way for this is to unroll the product down the slope (parallel to water flow). Once the blanket is unrolled and in its desired position, it is time to anchor it to the soil. For this follow the pattern shown on the Ero-Guard Staple Pattern Guide.
When more than one blanket is being placed on a slope, you must overlap the edges about 6”. When laying consecutive blankets down a slope, you must tile them like shingles, end over end, overlapping about 6”. Once in place, you must anchor and fasten the two blankets together, placing staples every 12” across the overlapped area of the 2 blankets.
