For precast yards · Formliner and unit-mould specialists
Formliners sized to your bed and spliced at your panel joint. Unit moulds for balustrades, copings and capstones. Replacements matched to the tool they're replacing. Sensible tooling for yards that live off the pour count, not the marketing.
What matters to you
Release comes first. If the tool doesn't come off cleanly every time, the yard hand starts blaming the operator, the release agent, the mix, and eventually the pattern. Usually it's the material grade — over-spec'd for the chemistry, under-spec'd for the pour count, or just plain wrong for the release agent you actually use.
Splice position comes second. A splice that falls in the middle of a panel face reads forever. One that falls on the panel joint is invisible. We put splices on the joint by design, not by luck.
Backing rigidity comes third. A formliner that shifts on the bed under the weight of the pour puts a slight misregistration into every panel. A properly-backed tool doesn't move.
Pour count reality comes fourth. Anyone who quotes you a guaranteed five hundred pours is guessing. We give an honest range based on your mix, your release, and your handling, and we say what shortens it and what extends it.
How your work looks
The workhorse job. A textured formliner for a specific panel run, spliced at the panel joints, built for the pour count in the programme. Polyurethane in most cases; silicone where the relief has fine detail or undercuts.
Balustrades, copings, capstones, bench ends. Three-dimensional single-panel tools built to lift off cleanly and stack in the store. Silicone for detail, polyurethane for the workhorse shapes.
The drawing, the pattern and the material spec stay on our file after the original tool leaves the workshop. When you order a replacement, we build it against the same pattern in the same grade, so the next batch of panels matches the last.
Services that fit
Custom surface tooling for the bed, spliced at your panel joint.
Read moreHow the first conversation goes
One photograph of the panel or the reference surface. One line about the mix. Rough pour count. Bed size. That's all the first call needs.
We come back the same working day with a route recommendation (formliner or unit mould), a material shortlist (silicone or polyurethane, which grade), and an honest rough number.
If we think the job needs a different route than what you asked for, we'll say so and explain why. We'd rather lose a quote than sell you tooling that will disappoint you.
At a glance
Where the formliner sits
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FAQs
We put the splice on the shadow gap. That's the ideal splice location — it's already a designed break in the surface, so the splice reads as nothing at all.
Yes. Send us a small piece of the existing formliner and we can pattern from it, so the new tool matches the current one across the same programme.
Yes if that helps. We're comfortable working with your bed supplier on the tool sizing and any fixings that need to sit into the bed.
Ring us. If it's early-life failure we'll investigate — usually it's a release regime or mix issue we can help unpick. If it's end-of-life, we can prioritise the replacement.
Yes. The tool is yours. The drawing, the pattern and the material spec stay on our file so replacements match, but ownership passes to you on payment.
Get in touch
One photograph tells us what surface you're chasing, and one line about the mix tells us what silicone or polyurethane will survive it.
Real people, a real workshop
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Construction, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
TheodoreEmployee Welfare