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OVERVIEW
When it comes to residential, commercial or any structure below ground, waterproofing is a critical component within the construction process for protecting and preserving a building. A poorly designed or installed waterproofing solution can fail leading to significant implications on the structure itself.
Delta Registered Installers, Abtech (UK) Ltd were called upon to give assistance on a particularly technically complicated project where approaches to waterproofing design and installation had been incorporated, however the system had failed. For a great remedial waterproofing outcome, seek assistance from an experienced waterproofing company to inspect your site and carry out the remedial work.
The property when built had a Type C, cavity drain membrane systems incorporated (not a Delta System), however there was no basement drainage incorporated into the design to manage water ingress.
In principle a Type C, drainage system is a water management system. The Type C system is used to control water ingress once it has penetrated the structure. Moisture or running water travel behind the Type C membrane within a controlled drainage system. A Type C System isn’t classified as a barrier but provides protection by means of water management. For a Type System to be successful a suitable drainage system is required to collect and discharge water ingress to a suitable and safe evacuation point (either by natural forces or a mechanical pump system).
When correctly installed, groundwater drainage channels effectively relieve hydrostatic water pressure in the below ground structure. They are installed below flooring membranes at the floor/wall junction.
Koster Repair Mortar Plus
Delta MS20 - Cavity Drainage Membrane
Koster Polysil TG 500
Delta 800 Series Bespoke Packaged Pump Station (Foul Water) - Packaged Pump Station
Delta Dual V4 Packaged Pump Station
Delta Dual V3 Packaged Pump Station
Basement Waterproofing
Flood Recovery – Grade II Listed Building
BRE Flood Reilient Test Home
The Gunnery, Kent
Koster Flooring Systems, 96 Middlesex St. London
Koster Floor coatings to a domestic garage.
Aintree Racecourse - Koster Flooring Systems to Grandstand
Koster Flooring Systems - Protection to Concrete bund
Basement Extension to a Grade 2 Listed Building, London
Structural Waterproofing Mixed Commercial Development
Remedial Basement Waterproofing
Waterproofing the London School of Economics
Structural Waterproofing Mixed Commercial Development
Remedial Basement Waterproofing
Structural Waterproofing Mixed Commercial Development
Remedial Basement Waterproofing