The city of Mumbai has a climate that can bring out the best and worst in its throbbing population and their living conditions. Heavy rains can lash the city with tremendous force and has the capacity to bring “the city that never sleeps” to a virtual standstill. The scorching summer heat is capable of melting the tar on…
It is often seen that builders and developers are focused on the external design features of the structure, while critical areas like waterproofing it often go unnoticed. Areas like wall coatings, gaps between walls and tiling of the terrace area are ignored. Major leakage issues in the buildings are in the dead wall. What is…
Time waits for nobody. This is best experienced in this year 2020 due to lockdown, resulting from the pandemic due to Covid -19. Terrace waterproofing is a time consuming activity which should start by the month of April to ensure the surface is ready to receive the rains in June/July. In case of terraces that…
Do you see damp patches on the walls at home? Fungus spots on the ceiling? Layers of flaking paint? Or Mildew on walls? If the answers to above questions are in the affirmative, it is time to wake up to these tell-tale signs. These are signals your home it giving out that it is under…
We take immense pride in the house/office that we live and work in. While we are proud of our interior built form. We often overlook the appearance of the façade. We may even wonder on closer look do we stay in this building. Contrast to smiling and shinning façade in the stained façade, with spots…
Nothing is more damaging to the health of a high-rise tower than the appearance of seepages and leakage damages. Since even a tiny water leakage issue can create strong water damage, it is necessary to nip this problem in the bud before it leads to costly repair expenses. Water leakages can prove to be the…
The best water-proofing for any surface is a proper slope. Having said that we have to accept the fact that the slope alone is not going to withstand the rigours of nature for 10 years and beyond. The solution is to provide protective layers or actually two (double) protective layers. Experts in Building Waterproofing Services…
Go Green is the mantra of modern living. Plants are a part of our living habitat inside out. Be it potted plants, plant pits, flower bed or mother earth, we never miss a chance to get it as close to us as possible. The one major force of repulsion for abundant plantation other than carrying…
Gone are the times when bathrooms were drab places that merely served the function of freshening up. In modern residential towers of today, bathrooms are fancy, good-looking, personal spaces that are customized to suit individual needs and are vital to get refreshed and rejuvenated after a tiring day. A lot of time and money is…
The growth of algae, moss or mold has always been a problem for structures of every kind as it not only spoils the aesthetics but weakens the build quality too. To understand why they grow on walls, ceilings and floors along with leakage, it is important to find out the correlation of this leakage with…