Plant identification

Footway covers

Small footway boxes

Medium single lid footway boxes

Large single lid

Square single lid

Footway twin lid

Footway triple lid


Footway covers

Footway covers come in 6 basic sizes, listed below. Where there are size variations these are contained under these headings.

 


Small footway boxes

The boxes that are in this category are those that generally contain small customer connections. The old type were made of concrete with a concrete lid whereas the current is of fibreglass construction with a steel lid.

All sizes are approximate.

 

Small footway boxes 


Medium single lid footway boxes

There is only one size of cover that falls in this category but it has two applications, this lid can be found on a fibreglass preformed box, JB26, as well as a concrete / brick chamber, JF2. As with the JB 23 above the JB26 will have a thin white edge around the cover whereas the JF2 has a fillet.

Medium single lid footway boxes 


Large single lid

The cover in this category is probably the most common footway type in the network. it has changed over the years from a cast iron and concrete to a concrete cover. Please view the variations to the inserts and markings useing the tab on the left.

large single lid 


Square single lid

These covers are placed over the entrance to a manhole and are found in the footwat and verge.

square single lid 

 


Footway twin lid

The cover in this category is probably the most common footway type in the network. it has changed over the years from a cast iron and concrete to a concrete cover. Please view the variations to the inserts and markings. Twin lid 


Footway triple lid

The two sizes of triple lid covers are shown below.

Footway tripple lid