How to Seal Leaking Block Walls in Your Basement
Basement Waterproofing for New Concrete based Construction
External Waterproofing of your basement wall
The waterproofing by design is usually on the outside of the building structure and is referred to as External Waterproofing. Waterproofing on the waterside of the structure is designed to stop water penetration into the structure.
Cementitious Basement Waterproofing products are among the easiest, if not the easiest, waterproofing materials to use.
Clean efflorescence free, and a damp wall is all that is required.
The Drizoro Products come to you as a premixed powder. Add the prescribed amount of water. READ instructions on the bag. Watch how to video links. Apply using stiff brush or MaxBrush, long-handled broom/brush They’re readily available from our OnlineWaterproofingShop easier.
Advantages of the Drizoro cementitious coatings and membrane systems:-
The main advantage is that any small imperfections in the applications will not lead to long-term deterioration and delamination. Which in turn as often resulted in membrane failure. Especially with many other waterproofing membrane systems which are not locked into the surface of the concrete structure. Leading to the total collapse of the waterproof membrane and resultant water penetration into the building.
Small imperfections in most cases when using Drizoro waterproofing products will self heal. The adhesion of Drizoro cementitious products works by becoming part of the crystalline matrix of the cement wall. The cementitious membrane coatings will not become delaminated. Failure of other systems eventually can lead to the complete collapse of the concrete block wall. We recommend that to prevent damage to the wall when backfilling you use protection board.
How to Seal Leaking Block Walls in Your Basement with Remedial Waterproofing
Recommended Drizoro Products
Preparing and Repairing your wall
Efflorescence Rid | Maxjoint Elastic | Maxrest Passive | Maxrest | Maxrite 700 | Drizoro Maxplug | MaxBrush
Drizoro Cementitious Membranes to chose from
External waterproofing remedial repairs of a basement’s external walls and floors are extremely difficult as they are usually buried. Making basement waterproofing repairs much more expensive. The main reason is that the area, which requires rectification and restoration may not be able to readily identified. The external failure of the below-ground waterproofing systems is often not exactly where the wet problem is showing on the internal wall of your basement. The next important reason is that to reach any point of failure will require excavation. This at the very best may not be a practical solution or even impossible to reach areas required.
How to Seal Leaking Block Walls in Your Basement
Internal Cementitious Basement Waterproofing:–
Water penetrating through wall areas, floor or roof slabs of car park causing damage to the building structure. Demands immediate intervention to stop leaking as soon as practical.
Waterproofing your basement internally basement avoids major works. A clean efflorescence free damp wall is all that is needed to commence the waterproofing process. Where the wall is below the water table and subjected to continuous hydrostatic water pressure it is often necessary to allow all water to be drained from the face of the areas to be waterproofed.
Select the Drizoro Maxseal product that is most suitable for your application. Apply it to the concrete, block, masonry surface. Then use Drizoro Maxplug to seal drainage holes and coat them with Drizoro Maxseal.
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Finished Surface of Your Basement Can Decorative
Cementitious Internal waterproofing increases the longevity of the building structure as it stops water flow through the wall, floor, or podium slab reducing erosion of the concrete, chemical destruction of the structural strength of the concrete. Preventing resultant creation of acidic conditions in the concrete which in turn will cause rusting of all steel reinforcement.
Steel expands up to eight times its original size and eventual destruction of your re-enforced concrete or masonry block walls.
