How to perform waterproof coating in the apartment on the ground floor?
Good health, dear experts! My question is about the use of coating waterproofing when installing floors. I have an apartment on the ground floor, communications are located under it, as in an ordinary apartment building. Perhaps this is the reason for the increased humidity in the apartment. I decided to tear off the old wooden floor and pour screed in all the rooms, and put linoleum on top in the bedrooms and the hall, and lay the tiles in the kitchen, bathroom and hallway. In the process of performing the screed, I did not use waterproofing material, I thought that concrete was already a reliable protection. But now I understand that this is my flaw. I was advised to correct the situation with the use of waterproofing. Tell me how to apply it correctly so that the desired effect is achieved.
Good and to you. In fact, waterproofing floors consists of a whole range of measures aimed at protecting against moisture, which causes mold and damage to the floor cake. The construction of such a barrier requires a very seriously thought-out approach.
What is the benefit of coating waterproofing?
In your particular case, really the use of coating waterproofing is a real way to protect the apartment from the penetration of unnecessary moisture from the basement of the house. Immediately pay attention to its advantages:
- reliability;
- durability;
- provide reliable protection even in extremely adverse conditions;
- no complicated preparation before application;
- affordable price.
Recommendations for the application of such waterproofing
- The surface of the concrete floor is cleaned, leveled and primed.
- A mixture is being prepared for the coating - it should have a uniform consistency.
- Installation of waterproofing tape is carried out at the pipe outlet areas, in the area of drain holes, in the “half-wall” places. It should completely overlap the joints and seams.
- The tape is carefully pressed into the waterproofing solution. For this, a smooth spatula is used. The presence of air bubbles is unacceptable.
- Laying joints, corner elements, cuffs is overlapped. After this, the waterproofing mixture is evenly distributed on the concrete surface of the floor.
- The first layer should be sufficiently hardened, but at the same time wet - these are good conditions for applying a second layer of waterproofing material. The insulation thickness should not be more than 3 mm.
