BELZONA REBUILDS SPALLED BEAMS
Industry: Buildings & Structures (BSTR)
Application: WPA-Wall Problem Areas (WPA)
Substrate: Reinforced concrete
Customer Location: Stadium, Eastern England
Application Date: February 2008
Products:
Belzona® 4141 (Magma-Build)
Problem: Spalling and cracking of concrete caused by corrosion of reinforcement bars.
Photograph Descriptions
- Typical cracked area
- Surface cleaned and prepared
- Application in progress
- One of many finished applications
Application Situation
Supporting beams under the grandstand.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet WPA-4.
Belzona Facts
After Engineers confirmed structural integrity of the stands, Architect recommended that the beams be repaired to prolong the useful life of the grandstand so Belzona were called in. The cost of repair was a fraction of the cost of any viable alternative. Belzona repairs were to provide ongoing corrosion protection to rebar and more than 60 individual faults were fixed.
