Project Details
Client :
Construction Contractor
Category :
Movement Joint Waterproofing, Waterproofing
Location :
Manchester
Date :
June 2022
Value :
£32,500.00
Movement Joint Waterproofing for a Construction Contractor
The Client had constructed a new concrete basement car park that was suffering from water ingress through the movement joint between concrete slab and the retaining wall on the basement level 3
The works involved carrying out the following:
- Breaking through the floor slab above to continue the repair through to the above levels
- Removing the fibre board within the joint to the full depth
- Temporary plugging the joint using a fast setting R4 concrete repair mortar to hold back the resin injection material during the injection process
- Installing injection no return valve packers
- Placing MC injekt Gl 95 TX thixotropic elastomer gel injection system
- Removing the injection packers and temporary plugging mortar
- Installing a sealant joint using MC Building Chemicals Mycoflex 4000SP polysulphide sealant
- Installing Sika combiflex 200mm wide x 2mm thick to the waterproofed joint
