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Concrete Waterproofing and Protective Coatings
One of the easiest ways to help your concrete surfaces last as long as possible and look its best is with our specialized waterproof and protective coatings. Common concrete coatings include acrylic, epoxy, and polyurethane depending on your project’s unique application. Acrylic concrete coatings are most useful for their UV resistance, flexibility, and ease of application which provide an important protective layer against water penetration. Epoxy concrete coatings offer strong adhesion and durability, which makes them suitable for both waterproofing and enhancing the look of concrete. Finally, polyurethane concrete coatings are mostly used for their flexibility since they best allow for expansion and contraction of the concrete surface. We use only the best materials for our coating services and can dramatically improve the lifespan and aesthetics of any sized concrete surface.
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Traffic coatings for parking decks
A traffic coating is the wearing layer on a parking deck: a membrane that takes tire traffic, turning, plows and de-icing chemicals while keeping water and chloride out of the concrete and off the steel underneath. It is the difference between a deck that needs maintenance and a deck that needs structural repair. Coatings wear out at drive lanes, turns and ramps long before they wear out in parking stalls, so a deck rarely needs recoating all at once. We assess what is left of the existing system and recoat what needs it.
Working on a deck that stays open
Coating work is weather and moisture driven. The deck has to be dry, the temperature has to cooperate, and the surface has to stay clear while the material cures. On an occupied structure that often means working overnight and through the night, phasing bay by bay so the building keeps its parking. Scheduling that around a property is as much a part of the job as the material.
Questions we get asked
How long does a traffic coating last on a Denver top deck?
It depends almost entirely on how it is looked after. It is urethane technology, and UV degrades everything here. Add snow plows, chlorides from salting, and the aggregate some owners spread on their decks, and there are a lot of variables. We assess coatings every three to five years and make repairs as they are needed. Coatings that have been maintained that way have stayed down for twenty to thirty years.
How do you tell a coating that needs recoating from one that is fine?
Look at the aggregate. The aliphatic top coat is what holds the aggregate that gives the deck its textured, non-skid profile, and in the heavy traffic areas the top coat and the aggregate wear through first. It is rarely the whole deck. Once the wear surface has lost that profile it is time for a new top coat, along with repairs to anything else that has been damaged in the meantime.
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Concrete Sealants
Joint sealants such as urethane and silicone are possibly the most fundamental materials in protecting your structure from water and chloride intrusion. Sealants are used in the most susceptible areas such as construction joints and control joints. Sealants have a life span and replacing sealants is a revolving maintenance item.
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We install expansion joints in all types of concrete and steel structures such as parking structures and stadiums. Expansion joints are critically placed in structures to accommodate anticipated movement while preventing water intrusion.
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Multi-level parking structures are what ORC is built around. Top deck restoration, post-tension repair, traffic coatings, joints and sealants, phased so the garage stays open while we work.
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