Salt retarder

[jack88]

Got a basement with some old brick walls that require a tanking base coat of s&c with SBR. I suspect the bricks to contain a hi level of hygroscopic salts due to the other side of the wall leading to earth and plus a general hi level of moisture in the basement. Was wondering whether to add a salt retarder in with the mix to the base coat or apply a seperate coat maybe a slurry coat with s&c and salt retarder before the tanking coat?? also wondered if anyone can recommend a good salt retarder...

 

[Arti]

I would coat the walls with an anti-sulphate solution to kill off any gound salts prior to putting your slurry coat on Anti-Sulphate (Ground Salt Neutraliser) - Kingfisher Basement Tanking Kingfisher also do a waterproofing add mixture which has a salt neutraliser in it whci i use for tanking....K-X11 Waterproof Admixture - Waterproof Admixture - Kingfisher Basement Tanking

 

[henry]

but what are you going to do on the outside?

 

[keithuk]

Henry ,its a basement ?with respect as always

 

[warriorupnorth]

Got a basement with some old brick walls that require a tanking base coat of s&c with SBR. I suspect the bricks to contain a hi level of hygroscopic salts due to the other side of the wall leading to earth and plus a general hi level of moisture in the basement. Was wondering whether to add a salt retarder in with the mix to the base coat or apply a seperate coat maybe a slurry coat with s&c and salt retarder before the tanking coat?? also wondered if anyone can recommend a good salt retarder...

Don't forget there are salt neutralisers and salt inhibitors, and try and use sulphate resistant cement if poss

 

[Arti]

Sulfacrete..Special Cements < Cement: Lafarge