It is a strange paradox that concrete has water as one of its key ingredients (along with cement, sand and stone chips), it needs water for its curing so that the best strength can be achieved, but still water plays havoc with concrete during its lifetime and can even lead to its complete destruction.
Every structure of a building is susceptible to damage from flowing and seeping water. Let us start with the roof. For several months of the year, the top of a building is open to the effects of rains which flow down the roof and walls. If it flows over and moves to the ground, then all is well. But often it gets collected on the roof and finds a way to seep through the ceiling and walls. That is why any good roofing contractor Queens NY would take care to use a good quality water proofing compound while laying the roof of the structure.
Then we come to the walls and floor. The walls can also have porous pathways but are saved because of the effects of gravity, as most of the water flows down to the earth and doesn’t get stagnant in any part of the walls. This leaves us with the flooring. The flooring is another big headache for any general contractor Bronx NY in terms of seepage of water from below the soil. The floor of a house is also the portion which takes the most punishment from the people who stay there and walk all over the floor each and every day, and it is also open to seepage of water from below.
That is why there are specialized waterproofing contractors in Brooklyn NY who ensure that no part of the house can get damaged due to the ill effects of water. Waterproofing is an important part of the plans made by the construction team, and they end up saving the owner a lot of money and time in the long run, although initially they might seem like a costly item which is driving up the overall project cost with no direct benefit.
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