Connect to your favourite weather forecaster and look for the following conditions:
Category: Roofing Product: Elastomeric roof coating
Temperature Limitations: Use above +5 C (+40 F) and below +26 C (+78 F) -- no freezing for 24 hours
Rain Limitations: No rain for 24 hours
Wind Limita...
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Category: Concrete Product: Crystalline growth waterproofing products
Temperature Limitations: Use above +2 C (+35 F) and below +21 C (+70 F)
Rain Limitations: No rain until material is firm -- about 2 ...
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Category: Roofing Product: Asphalt & Gravel flat roofing
Temperature Limitations: Roofing materials flow best above +10 C (+50 F) -- emergency repairs can be made down to -10 C (+14 F)
Rain Limitatio...
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Category: Roofing Product: Elastomeric Sheet Membranes
Temperature Limitations: Material and workmen are most flexible above +10 C (+50 F) -- emergency repairs can be made down to -10 C (+14 F)
Rain Lim...
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Category: Concrete Product: Elastomeric Liquid Waterproofing Coatings
Temperature Limitations: Use above +10 C (+50 F) and below +32 C (+90 F)
Rain Limitations: No rain for 24 hours
Wind Limitations: ...
It may surprise you to hear that despite silicone sealants and the like, neither the grout between ceramic tiles nor the tiles themselves are actually moisture or vapour proof. Wherever water can sit on a tiled surface, or steam can soak into grout, the wood below can be destroyed by moisture see...
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Category: Roofing Product: Plastic Cement / cold applied Roof Patch
Temperature Limitations: Varies by product: Use above -5 C (+23 F) to above freezing
Rain Limitations: Varies by product: dry to underw...
The world of tiles is changing rapidly.
Twenty years ago we generally had a range of tile sizes from 1 ft x 1 ft down to tiny mosaic tiles. This made tiling relatively simple because slight changes in the flatness of the surface could be adjusted for at the next grout line. In fact that is...
Barry from Calgary, Alberta writes: "I have a problem with cracking grout on an aboveground installation. I suspect the cause is excessive deflection of the floor joists. I'm wondering if there's any additive that can be added to the grout that will prevent this from happening again when I re-gro...
Probably one of the best ways to learn about good and bad building techniques is to work on the renovation or restoration side of the construction picture. Here is where you see the results of everything done before, especially when the results are a failed system. In the world of ceramic, stone ...
