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The garden of the future
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WATERPROOFING SOLUTION Liquid applied systems
Headlining Smith Power Equipment’s stand at Decorex this year was the ‘garden of the future’ concept, which is premised on its innovative range of battery-operated gardening equipment system.
Cemflex® • Shower floors and walls • Ponds • Balcony & verandah floors (under tiles) • Retaining walls
Sealoflex® Professional • • • •
Flat & tiled roofs Parapet walls Flashings Overcoating existing waterproofing systems
Sika® BlackSealLastic
SMITH POWER EQUIPMENT exhibited at Decorex SA, which
held and back-pack type. A major talking point for this
took place in August at Gallagher
range is the unique, patented
Convention Centre. The company
56V Arc Lithium battery designed
used the event to showcase
to deliver petrol-matching
its Ego Power Plus range of
performance. The Arc Lithium
cordless, battery-powered
battery has an innovative design
outdoor, lawn and garden tools
to maximise battery cooling.
to the local market.
Unlike conventional brick-shaped
The range includes
Sikalastic® 560 • New & refurbished roofs • Balcony & verandah floors (under tiles) • Overcoating existing bitumen membranes & coatings
batteries where the cells are
lawnmowers, string trimmers,
packed together, overheat and
brush cutters, as well as a multi
shut down, the unique Arc design
tool system, which provides a
dissipates heat more effectively.
powerhead on which one can
Smith Power offers five battery
attach a host of attachments
choices at this stage, in the 2.0;
such as telescopic hedge
4.0; 5.0; 6.0; and 7.5amp range.
trimmer and pole pruners, lawn
• Water retaining structures • Flashings • Sealing of fixings, lap joints & roof screws
The battery design is unique in
edgers, brush cutters and string
many ways. Firstly, it can be used
Sika Customer Service:
trimmers, all driven by a single
in any of the EGO machines, so
power unit. This is complemented
a single battery unit powers all
by a range of chain saws and
machine ranges. Secondly, apart
Tel: 031 792 6500 | Fax: 031 700 1760 Email: headoffice@za.sika.com www.sika.co.za
hedge trimmers, as well as a full
from the innovative Arc design
line of blowers, including hand-
that helps prevent overheating, DIY & INDUSTRIAL TRADE NEWS OCTOBER 2018
