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• May 11, 2017

  Tempo Apartments - 4 years on.

  In recent meetings with Multiplex, we had the opportunity to tour a large project that used Efflock in approximately 4000m2 of tiling completed around 4 years ago. Joe Metlage of Casumo Constructions is the builder and still has his office located in the said building at 8 Bourke Street Mascot, in Sydney. It was pleasing to see that Efflock has performed extremely well, keeping efflorescence under control in the expansive common areas. The tile screeds are up to 200mm thick and the granite and bluestone paving and G684 basalt cobblestones are in excellent condition, free from efflorescence deposits and picture framing.  Natural...

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• Sep 26, 2013

  200 litres of Efflock for New Development

  One of our selected stockists, Euro Abrasives in St Peters, has supplied 200 litres of Efflock to Casumo Constructions for a new multi storey residential complex in Mascot, near Sydney Airport. 'The Tempo' is a new residential complex in Botany Road, due for completion later this year.  Efflorescence and water problems have caused major headaches in apartment buildings, as the current design trends feature rendered walls, planter boxes, and tiled balconies. Project manager for Casumo Constructions, Joe Metlage, enquired about Efflock late last month. "Like many builders, we've experienced problems with efflorescence in the past, and we are excited that...

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• Nov 26, 2012

  Trapping moisture with a secondary membrane

  The popular approach to controlling efflorescence on tiled balconies, is to provide a secondary membrane directly beneath the tiles. Another approach is to bond the tile bed directly to the substrate and install a single membrane on top. Both of these methods are popular and can be effective in controlling efflorescence from the tile bed, but there are pit-falls. Firstly, efflorescence is also known to release from tile adhesive and grout, which are both located above the membrane. Secondly, these methods trap all the moisture in the tile bed under an impervious membrane. Moisture in the tile bed concrete mix...

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