Basement Waterproofing / Exterior
As a picture tells a thousand words your home’s exterior have the power to draw everyone’s attention to it and tell them your character. But it’s only when you take the right care to prepare your wall surface, use the right colours, tools and paints will it truly capture everyone’s imagination.
Different Geographical Locations would have its own weather conditions based on Humidity, Temperature, based on climate zones like tropical, temperate, or polar.
Preparation before painting:
There’s a lot you expect from your exterior painted surfaces of your beautiful house. It has to look good but also should be able to withstand harsh weather conditions. It’s why you need to prepare your surface well, before applying an exterior paint of your choice.
Removing old paint and algae
To prepare your exterior walls, start by sanding the surface to remove loose dust particles and old paint. Now check for ugly green or black patches on the walls. These indicate algal growth. Wire-brush the affected area and apply pre-treatment coating designed to kill and prevent the growth of algae and fungi on surfaces, to prevent these problems from reappearing.
Check for dampness
During heavy rains, your exterior walls become the prime cause of dampness at home. Water seeping in through exterior walls, Eaves and terraces can destroy your home’s beauty and lead to a variety of paint defects such as , Blistering or the appearance of boils on the surface, Peeling and Flaking of the paint film from the surface.
Solution for dampness
Treat the exterior wall surfaces from where water is seeping in with recommended coats of acrylic polymer based modified cementitious high performance coating which would give excellent bonding, good waterproofing and unmatched resistance to hydrostatic pressure.
Advantages of Damp Proof:
These waterproofing techniques Resists positive hydrostatic pressure and doesn’t allow water to seep in Crack bridging and has the ability to bridge surface cracks
Check for cracks
Check your exterior walls regularly for cracks. Appearing as a result of the wall surface splitting due to structural ageing, cracks are prime breeding grounds for algae and unwanted weeds and an easy way for water to seep in.
Solution for cracks
If you notice such cracks on your exterior, we recommend that you use a crack seal technology which would give excellent bonding, good waterproofing and unmatched resistance to hydrostatic pressure to treat them immediately. Structural cracks of bigger than 3mm in size can be filled with a mixture of cement and sand in the ratio 3:1.
Choosing an appropriate exterior paint
When you buy exterior paints you can choose from a range of paints based on prize, finish and features like Anti-algal property or Dust resistance ect. To protect the beauty of your exteriors for years to come you can choose products based on durability, Pricing and Finish like a smooth or a matt finish on walls depending on the aesthetics you were looking for.