TERRACE WATER PROOFING
HOW TO DO TERRACE WATER PROOFING ?
Humans naturally seek protection from
the elements such as wind, sun, and rain, as it is a crucial aspect of our
lives.
Among all this roof is also important
part of any structure
Whether it is for house, commercial
complex, or it for factory or any plant
Hear terrace play important role in
any structure which cover the top of the any structure without it cannot be
completed
Terrace consists the 3 important
component of structure Parapet wall, Staircase Room, Lift duct
The structure becomes weak after
providing service for many years reason for the structure weaken are many
But for Proper use of any structure,
its maintenance and repair is necessary.
Among one of the important work is
terrace water proofing …..
Because water penetration always
weaken the any structure
Let’s take the dive to understand the
different method for terrace water proofing
In our present era, numerous
techniques have been developed for waterproofing, encompassing both traditional
and modern methods.
Some techniques have stood the test of
time and remain popular among people. They have proven their effectiveness
Now different method for terrace water
proofing is
First method is Brickbat coba
Under this the brick bat Coba
materials are laid on the flat roof surface at the thickness of 75mm to 150mm
with the cement mortar mix of waterproofing chemicals at the proper
slope
There are some Advantages &
Disadvantages
Advantages is
First it is
old waterproofing method.
Second it
is time tested & old trusted method
Third Masonry brick wastages can be
utilized for the waterproofing
And the
main disadvantage of brickbat Coba is the dead load. It increases the dead
weight of the structure
Second method App membrane water proofing
APP stands for Atactic Polypropylene.
APP membrane is the most commonly used waterproofing material on concrete roofs
and low-slope roofs. APP membrane is applied with a torch or with other method
also
APP membrane is a durable
waterproofing material largely preferred by contractors for safeguarding
surfaces against leakage
Now in modern days this the highly
applicable method of water proofing
Third method is
chemical based water proofing
Waterproofing chemicals provide a
protective barrier that prevents water penetration into the terrace surface
Chemical based water proofing is one
of widely used & applicable method in the market
And it is recommended by expert and
contractors
Chemicals create a hydrophobic layer
that prevents it from seeping from the terrace slab there is n number of water
proofing chemical available in market
Fourth method is Injection
grouting
Under this method chemical based
material are inject to filling the cracks, open joints, voids, or honeycombs in
concrete or masonry structural members
To inject the grouting material
grouting pressure machine are used to penetrate material in the crack of
terrace slab
There are many ready grout material are
available in the market
Final method is crack sealing
As the name suggest cracks sealing
Crack are sealed which was developed over the
terrace
First to identified the cracks and
open with grinder in v-groove shape and seal with again chemical based crack
sealing putty in desired way
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