Concrete Repairs
Concrete is one of the most durable and cost-effective building materials used in construction. Reinforced concrete constructions are designed to serve decades. However, these structures undergo distress due to various factors during their service life. They have to stood strong against various natural deterioration, damage and reinforcement corrosion.
Concrete repair chemicals come in a variety of forms. Some are used to enhance the bonding between old and fresh concrete, while others are used to increase the concrete resistance against water and corrosion.
What are the factors which cause defects or damage concrete structures?
Deterioration of concrete occur due to the following reasons:
Natural deterioration due to extreme temperature difference between Day and Night or Summer and Winter or Internal and External Surface Temperature. Cracks may occur due to these repeated cycles of thermal stress leads to surface fatigue failure.
Natural Calamities like Flood, Earthquake, etc.
Accidental and unanticipated loading or overloading due to increase in imposed loads.
Fire exposure can cause damage to reinforced concrete.
Structures can cause damaged due to imposing higher static and dynamic loads than designed loads assumed for their service life.
Use of defective material or poor workmanship during construction also reduce the structural performance. Honeycombs and cracks defects may occur in those structures.
Chemical exposures in special structures like sewage systems or chemical plants due to damage to chemical resistance coating over the concrete.
Corrosive environment may cause fast pitting corrosion to the reinforcement bars if chlorides penetrate the concrete cover. This usually observed in concrete structures at coastal areas.
Why Repairing and Sealing Cracks required?
While minor repairs are usually affordable, larger-scale repairs are not. When it comes to building projects, however, planning ahead may make all the difference: when maintenance is performed on time and on a regular basis, it is easier to avoid major problems later on, which would result in disproportionately higher expenses.
Identifying the distress, ascertaining the cause of distress and undertaking suitable remediation is essential for safe use of the structure.
Making the proper decisions during construction may extend the structure’s service life significantly, and maintenance is essential once it’s finished. A well-designed and implemented maintenance strategy, which includes frequent inspections and the timely execution of necessary repairs, will go a long way toward preventing future problems and cost explosions. Instead of paying the cost of removing an existing concrete slab and building a new one, repairing or resurfacing the existing concrete is more manageable for a building owner, since it can be done over the course of a weekend.
Why Silkon’s Repair Solutions?
Silkon has a wide range of repair solutions in Silplast Series which fulfil the industries requirements. Our experienced technical support team will assist you to select the best product to suite your need when it comes to usability as well as by verifying technical requirements.