Finding a smart approach to the task of sealing the basement
Building a house often is accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and of having created something that lasts for generations. In addition, when you look around in cities and villages that appears to be true, as there are many homes that have been built decades or even centuries ago. However, the older a house gets the more maintenance it will usually require. At some point in time, most buildings must go through a sealing of the basement. There are several ways to approach this task. At RASCOR you can find various solutions to tackle this process.
Why sealing the basement is something you should keep in mind
Some materials such as glass make it easy to recognize when they are damaged. Others, not so much. That category includes the concrete most houses are built on. Through external factors or poor concrete quality, said concrete can get porous over time or even suffer from cracks. Those in turn open the path for moisture to find its way inside the structure. This can lead to further damages in the building structure as well as water in your basement that destroys your property. In order to avoid further damages, RASCOR and its RASCOflex product lines offers various solutions to solve your problem.
The need for sealing the basement, explained
A building’s foundations are set deep into the ground in order to provide the stability needed. This means that they are constantly subject to pressure, concussions and humidity from the outside. Furthermore, the groundwater in the dirt spreads to any open cavity, even to microscopically small ones. Rainwater dripping down from the façade as well as melted snow and ice from the surface add to that scenario. Sealing the basement is a step undertaken for every new building to various extents, which seal needs to be able to resist to those impacts over many years. Reinforcing the seal is a way to preserve a building for many more years to come.
Comparing methods to sealing the basement
The fact that the foundation and basement are deep in the ground, set against the soil, illustrates the major obstacle one encounters when sealing any foundation. In order to provide the outer walls with a lining of any kind, they must be laid bare by means of excavation, an elaborate and often expensive task. As a specialist in this manner, RASCOR offers a different approach as a solution. Through resin injections such as polyurethanes from its RASCOflex product line, the foundation does not have to be freed to waterproof it. This makes the process considerably easier and speedier to complete.
Sealing the basement with targeted resin injections
Developers have discovered the unparalleled characteristics of polyurethane resin and have set out to make them usable for tasks such as sealing the basement of houses. The artificial resin substances from RASCOflex can simply be injected into the walls and will then spread into all cavities within them, sealing them off tightly. This is a major simplification of a previously arduous task. The injection method today is a standard procedure offered by many contractors and can be used in most cases.