Pole Protection Sleeve for Wooden Poles - Wrap Type (GPPS)

About Pole Protection Sleeve for Wooden Poles - Wrap Type (GPPS)

The ground-line zone is where a wooden utility pole carries the most bending stress and where it rots fastest. Soil moisture is drawn up into the wood, decay starts once the moisture content passes roughly 25 percent, and the drying cracks that open at and just above the soil line give termites a route into the core. A pole weakened this way often still looks sound from outside.

Gala's Pole Protection Sleeve (wrap type, code GPPS) seals that zone. It is a cross-linked polyolefin sheet used together with a bituminous liner. Because it wraps around the pole instead of sliding over the top, it is the version for poles that are already standing with cables and fittings in place, so nothing has to be dismantled.

Fitting is a field job: clean the pole surface and remove loose material, wrap the sleeve over the section to be protected, then shrink it with a propane torch (a butane torch or hot-air gun also works), starting at the centre and moving round the pole until the sleeve grips. Check for wrinkles or trapped air and let it cool before loading the pole. The sleeve carries a printed ground-line mark showing where the soil level should sit.

Typical uses are relocated or reused poles, standing poles whose ground line has been disturbed by cable laying or regrading, poles in decay-prone ground, and poles kept in storage for six months or more. For new poles that can be sleeved before erection, use the Pole Protection Tube (GPPT).

Manufactured by Gala in India. Datasheet and size selection on request.

Specifications

• Brand: Gala
• Product type: Heat shrink pole protection sleeve, wrap-around type, for installed poles
• Material: Cross-linked polyolefin, used with a bituminous liner
• Colour: Black
• Size range: 8 sizes, GPPS 115 to GPPS 425, for pole diameters 39 to 385 mm
• Application: Ground-line decay and termite protection for installed wooden utility poles
• Installation: Wrapped around the pole, then heat-shrunk with a propane torch (butane torch or hot-air gun also used), from the centre outwards
• Country of origin: India
• Maximum length per piece: 1000 mm (700 mm for GPPS 425)
• Field cutting: Can be cut to length on site

Sizes

• GPPS 115 | D 115 / d 36 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 39-80 mm
• GPPS 140 | D 140 / d 44 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 47-105 mm
• GPPS 160 | D 160 / d 52 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 55-120 mm
• GPPS 200 | D 200 / d 62 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 65-160 mm
• GPPS 250 | D 250 / d 73 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 76-210 mm
• GPPS 320 | D 320 / d 95 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 98-280 mm
• GPPS 375 | D 375 / d 115 mm | max length 1000 mm | pole dia 118-335 mm
• GPPS 425 | D 425 / d 125 mm | max length 700 mm | pole dia 128-385 mm

Applications: Power distribution utilities, telecom line networks on wooden poles, rural electrification, pole yards and pole storage, road and pavement works around existing poles, underground cable laying beside standing poles