Designing all types of car parks requires careful considerations from the specifiers. Due to the demands placed on the car park structures, they require high-quality, robust, and reliable waterproofing solutions.
Multi Storey Car Parks (MSCP) are unique structures that have many special characteristics requiring careful consideration by the designer as well as those responsible for the construction and maintenance. The suspension of steel reinforced concrete decks that are used to receive motor vehicles, which bring rainwater and chlorides into the building, creates a structure that is vulnerable to corrosion of the structural steel unless adequate protection is provided. Furthermore, the widespread use of car cleaning facilities within car parks in more recent years greatly increases the risk of corrosion.
Protection can be provided to the decks by the provision of waterproof surface coatings. The demands made on a deck coating can be significant and can vary from one type of construction to another as well as from one area to another within the same structure. The ability of a coating to provide effective long-term waterproofing, resist impact damage and wear, retain skid resistance, resist chemical attack and UV exposure, remain bonded to the deck under high sheer forces, whilst resisting thermal movement and dynamic crack cycling, requires a balance of performance characteristics.
As a leading manufacturer of waterproofing & structural protection, Soprema offers expertise and a single source solution through a network of authorised installers for a complete renovation and refurbishment service on multistorey car parks (MSCPs).
Soprema’s liquid water proofing systems tailored for car parks offer a number of benefits including:
- BBA approved and certified system
- Suitable for a variety of substrates including concrete, mastic asphalt and steel
- Balanced properties with no risk of aggregate loss from the wear layer
- Year-round application unaffected by temperature or climate
- Fast Cure and short drive-on time
- Reinforced membrane to accommodate dynamic cracks
- A range of coloured wearing course to suit architectural design for safe and coordinated demarcation
- Membrane can be spray applied for ease of application and consistent thickness control on uneven substrates
For more information about the systems take a look at our Guide to Waterproofing Car Parks or contact our experts, who are on hand to help and guide you in the right system for your project.