Belzona® Waterproofs Control Room Roof

Industry:

Oil & Gas (OILG)

Application:

Roof Problem Areas (RPA)

Customer Location:

Oil Refinery

Application Date:

May 1997

Application Situation:

Flat concrete slab roof over control room

Problem:

Water penetration through various cracks and at equipment support pads. Leakage was also suspected through 120 linear meters of expansion joints.

Products:

Belzona® 3111 (Flexible Membrane)

Substrate:

Concrete

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How Leaflets RPA-1, RPA-2, RPA-6, RPA-8, RPA-10 and RPA-11.

Belzona Facts:

No fewer than six different repair materials had been used previously, none of which had proved effective. Failure to waterproof the roof jeopardized the safe operation of the refinery.

Photographs Description

1. The pneumatic scabbler used to prepare the roof surface  
2. Application underway with part of the roof conditioned and part coated with Belzona® 3111  
3. The completed application. Note the seamless finish achieved over the many equipment supports