Elite Waterproofing Inc. is a budding but experienced commercial service business in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They were recently tasked with waterproofing the foundation of the newly-constructed condos in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

The engineering specifications for this particular condo foundation waterproofing job required a 2-ply waterproofing method.

To facilitate the waterproofing process for this condominium foundation, they first needed to have some kind of melting kettle designed to liquefy blocks of rubberized bitumen(hot-applied Tremco TREMproof 6100 is designed for many forms of commercial waterproofing projects ) in large quantities before they could apply it using flat bottom squeegees and pour buckets.

Since they wanted to perform a high-quality job without equipment issues and as quickly and efficiently as possible, they chose to use two variations of our Marathon Equipment Inc. hot rubber waterproofing kettles which they already had in their fleet of waterproofing equipment - the UCMK130PT & UCMK370PT.

Both units are double-jacketed, oil-bath melters with mechanical agitation, specifically designed for applying non-direct fired hot rubberized asphalt waterproofing membranes.

On a full material tank of hot rubberized asphalt, Marathon's UCMK370PT covers 3,000 sq ft and the UCMK130PT covered 1,500 sq ft for a grand total of 4,500 sq ft. Having the right capacity allowed Elite to finish the job in short order.

First the Marathon UCMK hot rubber kettles melted what would become the base layer consisting of Tremco 6100 waterproofing rubber using propane burners set to the ideal temperature.

After the standard heat-up period of 3 hours needed to properly melt the foundation coating material, the liquified waterproofing material was applied as a base layer for the secondary aspect of the 2-ply waterproofing method.

This is when a waterproofing membrane composed of SBS modified bitumen and a trilaminate woven polyethylene facer is applied over the sprayed rubber film-in this case Resisto self-adhering waterproofing membrane. (Tremco also makes rolls of this material.)

This is followed by another layer of melted Tremco 6100, then yet another overlapping layer of the flexible Resisto waterproofing membrane. Even after this extensive, but long-lasting and durable process, thicker and stiffer protective boards from Tremco are also applied to further reinforce and protect the multiple layers of applied waterproofing barrier prior to pouring cement.

In total, the job took 5 hours - 3 hours to heat the material and 2 hours to apply the 2-stage waterproofing method.

Since there were no material production delays on site, the workers were able to move about consistently while applying surface coatings at the right temperatures such that they could finish ahead of schedule. Such efficiency and respect for quality will allow this company to complete more jobs for more customers throughout the construction season.

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