Showing posts with label Concrete Repairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Concrete Repairs. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Epoxy coatings



Concrete often considered as the most reliable and durable material for any construction purpose has its own limitations and drawbacks. The most common and fatal limitation of concrete as a construction material is hidden in its structure i-e the interstial pores present in the basic structure of concrete. Moreover, the interconnection of these pores made concrete structure permeable and liable towards chemical attacks. 


Even though a resilient material, concrete structures often undergo severe corrosion and cracking via actions of water and different chemicals such and sodium chloride. These cracks and opening has to be filled in quickly in order to save structure from further detoriation and corrosion. Different sealants are used to fill in the pore spaces in the concrete structure. These sealants act as an isolating medium, forming a layer on the boundary of concrete preventing its pores to be attacked by different chemicals. Epoxy coatings are one of the many sealants that are used for isolation and remedial material for any concrete structure that has undergone severe corrosion. Epoxy coating is considered as the most vigilant and resistant coating that forms a coating at the outer boundary of concrete preventing it from any further attacks of water or other chemicals.

Saturday, 20 October 2012

Crack Injection



If there is one thing that can damage the reliability and strength of your concrete structure making it liable to disaster; then surely it is the cracks amongst your concrete structure. The cracks found in the concrete structure can be result of diverse processes including earth quake, cheap material, water leakage and seepage, chemical dissolution to go with many other processes. 


Filling these cracks through crack injection is vital in restoring the strength and durability of the structure. If the cracks injection is not done timely then it may expose building to further erode and become liable towards destruction. Cracks injection are usually done by some specialist firm or company that have extensive experience in the field of filling the cracks. The material used in the Crack Injection has to be water resilient and strengthening. This will allow the structure to restore its lost strength.

A very specific Crack Injection treatment is done in the foundation of buildings. The foundation forms the basis of any concrete structure and therefore if there are any loop holes in the foundation of building then the whole structure is exposed to continuous threat of collapsing. Foundation Crack Injection is made possible by forcefully pressuring the material into the cracks found in the foundation. Only firms with years of experience and exceptional expertise are hired to perform such delicate repairing so that there are no issues and defects left in the building foundation.