Floor arrangement ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR THE OBJECT: X-Tie LLC
how we implemented this floor design
FEATURES OF THE WORK
We were able to do the work at this facility on the second attempt. The main stumbling block when working at this facility was the weather.
Firstly, by the time the contract was signed (and this happened in November), it was already cold outside, and the sub-zero temperature did not allow performing the outdoor part of the work. A solution was found – a greenhouse was made of bars and film in front of the gate, slightly larger than the area of the future ramp.
Secondly, when the temporary protective structure was ready, we rented heat guns, installed them indoors in such a way as to warm up the area covered by the greenhouse. Grout equipment was also brought to the facility. But the weather outside rose sharply to +6 degrees, and all the snow outside began to melt.
At this point, it turned out that there was no waterproofing around the perimeter of the building yet. Meltwater began to penetrate inside, and the entire sandy base turned out to be wet. After assessing the situation, we postponed the filling for the future, packed up the equipment and left.
Over the next few weeks, the client dried the base on his own. By that time, the weather outside was already subzero again, which played into our hands – the street water froze and thus did not penetrate into the building. We arrived again, and this time we completed all the stages of work up to the cutting of seams.
It is worth adding that in our first attempt, part of the work was sealing the sand base with a hand-held vibrating plate. Due to the ingress of moisture, I had to repeat this action later.
OUR RESULTS
Despite all the hindering circumstances, we successfully coped with the task and made a reliable industrial concrete floor for the client to produce it. And, by the way, he already talked about what he was going to do to the floor in the next building.