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Machine-installed piles for structural and industrial applications. Designed for high-load projects including buildings, solar farms, substations and infrastructure.
2nd generation screw pile with cast steel head for effortless manual or machine installation. Fences, jetties, garden rooms, terraces and small cottages.
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Screw piles support a wide range of structures. On the lighter end: terraces, fences, garden sheds, greenhouses, flagpoles and boardwalks. Mid-range: residential houses, garages, extensions, noise barriers and retaining walls. Heavy-duty: industrial halls, solar farms, BESS installations, substations, pipelines, 5G masts, bridges and power line supports.
Our product range covers everything from small hand-installed piles for garden projects to large machine-installed piles for industrial infrastructure.
Hand-installable screw piles (our HELIX range) are designed for lighter loads and can be installed using a crowbar or one of our electric pile drivers. They are ideal for DIY projects such as terraces, garden structures, fences and small sheds.
Machine-installable screw piles (our PRO range) are designed for structural loads and require a hydraulic auger mounted on an excavator or wheel loader. They are used for buildings, industrial infrastructure, solar farms and other projects where high load capacity is required.
The key differences are load capacity, installation method, tube and helix dimensions, and the type of surface treatment applied.
Yes. Screw piles are accepted by building authorities across Europe, the USA and beyond when designs, calculations and installation meet industry standards. Paalupiste provides all required documentation: structural calculations, quality control records, material certificates and installation logs.
If your local authority has questions, our engineering team can supply the technical documentation they need.
Clay and sandy soils are the most common and favourable soil types for screw piles. They also perform well in peat, moraine, soft ground and swampy conditions. The helical flange pulls the pile into the ground and locks it in place, which gives excellent bearing capacity even in soils where driven piles or concrete would require much deeper installation.
We have extensive experience with solar farm foundations built on peatland and boardwalk foundations in swampy terrain. If you have soil investigation data for your site, send it over and we can confirm suitability quickly.
Additional helical flanges increase both compression and tension resistance, particularly in cohesive soils like clay. By adding flanges, the pile can achieve higher bearing capacity with a shorter installed length. This can be a significant advantage when the load-bearing soil layer is relatively close to the surface or when pile extraction resistance (tension) is a design requirement.
Installation depth depends on where the load-bearing soil layer is located. Piles must be screwed deep enough to reach soil with sufficient bearing capacity. In practice, this can range from 1.5 metres in firm ground to 10+ metres in soft soils.
Torque monitoring during installation confirms when the pile reaches adequate resistance. When the required depth exceeds a single pile length, extension sections can be bolted or welded on. Our engineering team can recommend target depths based on your site's soil investigation data.
The minimum spacing between screw piles depends on the helix diameter and soil conditions. As a general guideline, the centre-to-centre distance should be at least three times the largest helix diameter. This prevents the soil stress zones of adjacent piles from overlapping, which would reduce bearing capacity.
For specific projects, our engineering team calculates the optimal spacing based on loads, pile sizes and soil data.
Usually not. Concrete filling is only recommended when the groundwater level is within one metre of the surface. In that case, filling the tube with concrete, polyurethane foam or sand improves structural integrity and helps prevent internal corrosion. For the vast majority of installations, filling is unnecessary.
HELIX piles (60.3 mm tube) are delivered hot-dip galvanized with a 110 to 140 micron zinc coating according to EN ISO 1461. This provides long-term corrosion protection and a 50-year warranty.
PRO piles use thicker wall sections with a built-in corrosion allowance instead of galvanization. The extra steel thickness is calculated to provide the required structural capacity even after decades of natural corrosion. This approach delivers a 100-year warranty, with designs available for up to 300-year corrosion resistance.
PRO series: 100-year warranty. Corrosion resistance engineered up to 300 years through material thickness design.
HELIX piles carry a 50-year warranty. PRO piles are backed by a 100-year warranty. For projects that require even greater durability, corrosion resistance can be engineered to last up to 300 years by increasing material thickness and applying advanced surface treatments.
All pile designs are built with corrosion resistance as a primary engineering consideration.
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