Your Essential Guide to Repairing Gypsum Underlayments
Renovating multi-family complexes often means stripping away old vinyl and carpet and pad productsā€”and with them, exposing the underlying gypsum underlayment. Unfortunately, these substrates rarely meet the demands of todayā€™s hard surface flooring installations. In this guide, we break down the common challenges of repairing gypsum underlayments, explain why proper remediation is critical, and outline…
Supplying Speed Without Sacrificing Quality & Service for Restoration of Pittsburgh-Based Thai Noodle Restaurant
When a busy Pittsburgh restaurant needed fast, durable floor restoration, FloorPrep delivered. Using SkimflowĀ® LCB Rapid and PrepProĀ® SLV, the team completed a high-performance installā€”ready for foot traffic in just 90 minutes.
Top Challenges in Subfloor Preparation and How to Solve Them
When it comes to a successful flooring installation, the foundation starts with proper subfloor preparation. Unfortunately, many projects encounter challenges such as uneven surfaces, moisture issues, substrate movement, and adhesion problems. In todayā€™s blog post, weā€™ll explore these common hurdles and reveal how FloorPrep by Dependableā€™s product library can help you overcome them with innovative,…
Moisture Mitigation in Concrete – Essential Insights
Concrete moisture challenges in new and renovation projects, especially concerning floor coverings, require careful consideration. New construction demands compliance with flooring specifications while addressing moisture concerns, while renovations often involve existing slabs emitting excessive moisture for new coverings.
Pullman Yards | Project Profile
DETAILS: Pratt-Pullman Yards Industrial Site converted for Fan Controlled Football (FCF) site with practice field and VIP area. Vacant for years, used numerous times as a movie set Issue:Ā 1 – 1.5ā€¯ bellies throughout appx. 30,000 ft2 concrete substrate. Unbonded solution required. Solution: Quiet Qurl 025 MC sound mat inverted with 1ā€¯ of Platform L2…
Installation of Radiant Heating Systems
Radiant Heating systems, both hydronic (liquid) and electric increase the comfort of a space, while delivering energy efficiency. Radiant hydronic systems are particularly efficient as they circulate hot water through PEX tubing or piping typically embedded within a thermal mass (concrete/ underlayment/mortar) on the subfloor. The effect is a warm floor close to body temperature…
Controlling Moisture in Concrete
When Gourmet Foods built their 28,000 square ft state of the art headquarters & warehouse facility in Atlanta GA, they faced the challenge of addressing ongoing moisture emissions from the concrete substrate. Given the service environment and site use Gourmet Foods choose to avoid the risk of a lower performing system and instead selected Platform…
Project Profile – Leveling to Elevation in San Francisco
Sound attenuation systems are widely used throughout flooring installations. However, leveling to specific elevations over sound mat with a portland cement based system is an approach typically reserved for gypsum based cementitious underlayments over wood substrates. It has been that way with good reason, given portland cement based leveling systems are subject to shrinkage and…