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Jan 20, 2014
Rising Damp and Salt Attack - free PDF
Read more →We have recommended this publication on our blog previously: Salt Attack and Rising Damp - A Guide to Salt Damp in Historic and Older Buildings. Salt attack is as destructive to masonry as termites are to timber, and is prone to occur on any building site in Australia due to our soils and extreme weather patterns. As salt is dissolved by water and absorbed by masonry, the water evaporates, leaving behind more and more salt with each wet cycle. Salt crystallises to expand at extraordinary pressure (> 200MPa) to easily turn stone, bricks and mortar to dust. As outlined...
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Jan 14, 2014
Melbourne Stockist - AWS Products
Read more →AWS Products are a specialist waterproofing and construction materials store based in Blackburn, in Melbourne. AWS are experts in the best quality construction brands, and have been quick to recognise the benefits that Efflock will provide to their customers. AWS are a store with staff who are themselves experts in remedial building. The manager, David Dudas said: "We're very excited to discover and to be selling Efflock". "Efflorescence can be a real headache. It can be incredibly hard to clean up, and there can be big problems with using acids over the top of natural stone and certain tiles...
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Oct 23, 2013
Efflock turns 1 today!
Read more →Efflock turns 1 year old today! It is 12 months since our launch at a Master Builders Association meeting in Sydney.Thank you to all our customers and friends that have supported us in our fledgling year.
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Oct 27, 2012
Efflock test with salt water samples
Read more →We've put Efflock to the test with exactly what you should not do to concrete! Pictured are two samples of 4 sand: 1 cement each made with 140mls of straight sea water from Coogee Bay off the coast of Sydney. They have been cured and placed in a dish of water to test their water repellency. In the foreground is the Efflock sample. Even with salt water in the concrete mix there is clearly no wicking effect! Without water able to dissolve salts and free lime, efflorescence cannot occur.