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Wine Cellars
Coating failures can be caused by failure to adequately prepare the surface by not removing all previous efflorescence or excess moisture escaping through the masonry walls from behind.
There will always be mould or bacterial build on surface areas where there is a high moisture content. Combating harmful microbes with regular, rigorous cleaning regimes are only temporary, since this only provides a limited barrier on most surfaces.
There will always be mould or bacterial build on surface areas where there is a high moisture content. Combating harmful microbes with regular, rigorous cleaning regimes are only temporary, since this only provides a limited barrier on most surfaces.
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Flooring
Flooring is a diverse area of the building industry and attention must be paid to substrates, specifically to the impact strength and movement of the slab.
The main function of a floor is to support the loads placed on it during the life cycle of a building. In industrial buildings, change of occupancy may require floor strengths to be increased. Strengthening an existing floor is not only inconvenient but costly.
A Schmidt hammer, also known as a Swiss hammer or a rebound hammer, is a device to measure the elastic properties or strength of concrete, mainly surface hardness and penetration resistance.
The main function of a floor is to support the loads placed on it during the life cycle of a building. In industrial buildings, change of occupancy may require floor strengths to be increased. Strengthening an existing floor is not only inconvenient but costly.
A Schmidt hammer, also known as a Swiss hammer or a rebound hammer, is a device to measure the elastic properties or strength of concrete, mainly surface hardness and penetration resistance.
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Roofing
The majority of waterproofing failures are to be found on roofs. This is due to lack of maintenance and ineffective housekeeping.
Flat roofs waterproofed with heat-fused membranes should receive maintenance of silver paint (bituminous aluminium) every three to four years.
One of the most important functions of a skylight is to resist penetration of rain. It is the lack of ability to perform this function, as well as the lack of specialist knowledge of the waterproofing detail, that results in more failures than any other item.
Flat roofs waterproofed with heat-fused membranes should receive maintenance of silver paint (bituminous aluminium) every three to four years.
One of the most important functions of a skylight is to resist penetration of rain. It is the lack of ability to perform this function, as well as the lack of specialist knowledge of the waterproofing detail, that results in more failures than any other item.
