Many riding enthusiasts would like their own riding arenas. Increasing costs of construction materials, labour and transport mean that they have to be careful in their choice of materials. To keep costs down they may wish to do the work themselves.

The construction of a riding arena needs to be well thought out. There are too many examples where, after enough time, complete failure has occurred due to the riding surface mixing with the layer beneath. Many ways have been tried to prevent this from happening. The disadvantages of these products are their high price, the considerable work involved in incorporating these materials or, as in the case of non-wovens in this context, their limited functionality. What is needed are simple and reliable separation layers that permit riding arenas to be used all year round.

It is important that they allow rainwater to pass freely and quickly through them, whilst doing this however, they should preserve the structure and therefore the functionality of the riding surface and the foundation layer for as long as possible. To achieve this, the two layers must be effectively separated from one another.

For many years now, new forms of textiles have been successfully produced to deal with this specific constructional problem. HUESKER has also developed a number of special products known to construction professionals as filter fabrics.

These filter fabrics have been further improved using the knowledge and experience of HUESKER engineers under the brand name of Original-VIATRIFT® separation layer. Currently we supply two different Original-VIATRIFT® separation layers.