Bathroom Floor Waterproofing

May 9, 2010 | Posted by HomeZooka.com

The following home trends, decoration, gardening, and design ideas post, have a title ‘Bathroom Floor Waterproofing‘. As part of the house was always wet, bathroom potentially cause problems such as damp and moldy walls or plaques on the ceiling. Before else, prevent this problem by waterproofing. Water that seeps in the building resulted in moisture which in the end lead to mold, plaques, even more severe damage to the building. To prevent things like this, you can use a waterproofing (coating anti-leak), which is useful to prevent water from entering the building. Currently many parts of the house is a wall covered with waterproofing outdoor heat and rain-affected. However, inside the house there are many parts that should be protected materials on this one. The bathroom is one of them.

Anti Leak Coating

Actually, the so-called waterproofing paint that is a kind of anti-leak. According to a famous architect, this material prevents the penetration of water in the building causing moisture. Therefore, waterproofing is usually installed in places prone to water seepage occurs, as in the outer wall of the house, cell, guttering, not concrete, and bathroom. “Waterproofing-based binder, or which often referred to as asphalt,” said the architect. With certain techniques, bitumen used in cold conditions so it has a stronger adhesion. Bituminous is then dissolved with special chemicals or water. “Material solvent made from environmentally unfriendly chemicals. In addition, people may feel dizzy due to the chemical, “said the architect. Therefore, according to the architect should choose a solvent which is made of water.

Waterproofing is divided into two types, for in-space waterproofing and waterproofing for the outer-space. Type in a space-economical cost more because the task is not as heavy as that for the outer-space. Waterproofing In this space, among others, used on wall and floor bathroom. Waterproofing outdoor more resistant to changes in the weather such as sunlight and rain. Typically, that use this type of waterproofing is the parts that relate to outside the house like cell, gutters, and exterior walls of houses.

Bathroom as Leaking Sources

Inside the bathroom, are the most common problem is seep of water into the wall or floor. Moreover, most of Indonesia’s bathroom is the bathroom wet, so water is often pooled in a long time. Water that had seeped into trouble if the seep up to the wall outside the bathroom. Worse, if the bathroom is located on the second floor, water can seep into the floor to the ceiling beneath the floor. As a result, the walls and ceiling become moist and the resulting patches and overgrown with fungi. Of course this is very disturbing scene.

To prevent these problems, there must be a blocking entry of water into the bathroom floor or wall. Materials that can block the water is waterproofing. “To the bathroom floor, this sheathing is installed under leveling compound of cement used to attach the tiles as well as at the mouth of the drain pipe in the floor (floor drain),” the architect said. “Meanwhile, on the bathroom wall that need to be coated with waterproofing is the wall around the path of water pipes. This is done to prevent seep of water when a leak, “he explained.

“Woven” To be Strong

Bathroom floor upstairs is an area that needs waterproofing coated. Ways must be taken to ensure that waterproofing coating can protect optimally. Under the order, installation of waterproofing on the floor is as follows.

1. On the concrete floor, which was first sweep is the primary layer. This layer is a mixture between the waterproofing with water, with a ratio of 1:1. Mixture added to the concrete floor in the direction of using a brush or roller.
2. After the first primary layer of dry (about 4 hours), then the waterproofing layer without sweep mixture on top. How to check whether the first layer is dry or not is by touching the fingertips to the surface of the waterproofing. If no material attached to the tip of your finger, it means that the layer is dry.
3. The third layer is the same with first layer, which is a mixture of water with the waterproofing, with a ratio of 1:1. However, the third layer must sweep with different direction with a second layer. If the two horizontal layers, the third layer should be vertical, and vice-versa. This was done so that these layers form a “wicker” strong.
4. Prior to the third layer dry thoroughly, sprinkle sand on it. This is useful to bind the sand to make it more powerful leveling compound attached. Furthermore, above the thick layer of about 2 ml was placed tiles as usual by using leveling compound.

Above waterproofing coating can also be applied to prevent the emergence of water from the soil through the floor.

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