Tanking a cellar floor.
Tanking a cellar floor.
It is important to tank the floors of the cellar as well as the walls.
Cement based add your water to the tanking powder click to view details or buy ultra tanking slurry powder.
You should still apply two coats horizontally and then vertically lapping over the fillet joint.
It is used to deal with damp walls to prevent water ingress and effectively makes the walls watertight on a permanent basis.
There must be no holes or gaps and certainly no cracks.
Further information on the costs can be found at the basement information centre.
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.
We strongly recommend that you tank the cellar floor once you have fully tanked all of the walls.
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.
To waterproof a damp cellar through tanking can cost as little as 40 80 m.
Choose cellar liquids or warm and dry cellar linings free help and exact costing 01626 872886.
A rough cost for underpinning the walls will come in at around 500 1 000 m.
However remember that lowering the floor level to increase headroom costs around 200 300 m.
The same method is followed when tanking a floor.
Cellar tanking liquids brush onto damp walls and floors no smell no solvents.