Tanking A Cellar Floor
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Tanking a cellar floor. To waterproof a damp cellar through tanking can cost as little as 40 80 m. However remember that lowering the floor level to increase headroom costs around 200 300 m. Cement based add your water to the tanking powder click to view details or buy ultra tanking slurry powder. Choose cellar liquids or warm and dry cellar linings free help and exact costing 01626 872886.
Cellar or basement tanking is the process where a liquid waterproof coating known as tanking slurry is applied to both the floor and walls of a cellar. This waterproof layer acts as a water repellant that completely waterproofs your cellar allowing it to remain dry when exposed to wet and moist conditions. Tanking a cellar floor. We strongly recommend that you tank the cellar floor once you have fully tanked all of the walls.
You should still apply two coats horizontally and then vertically lapping over the fillet joint. There must be no holes or gaps and certainly no cracks. A rough cost for underpinning the walls will come in at around 500 1 000 m. It is used to deal with damp walls to prevent water ingress and effectively makes the walls watertight on a permanent basis.
The same method is followed when tanking a floor. Ensure however that the same preparation process is applied to the floor as for the walls. It is important to tank the floors of the cellar as well as the walls.