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• May 02, 2014

  Are you in Adelaide? We can visit you 6th & 7th of May.

  Ben Burdett from Efflock will be in Adelaide 6th & 7th May. Ben will be at East Adelaide Tiling Co. in Stepney from 7:30 on Wednesday morning, and is available to make visits to other stores or building sites. Efflock is ideal for Adelaide's harsh soils to prevent rising damp and salt attack. To request a visit, please phone Ben on 0414 730 736.      

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• Mar 05, 2014

  Salinity in Australia - a big problem that builders need to consider.

  The Master Builders Association meeting held in Maitland last week had a very entertaining and informative guest speaker from the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The topic was urban salinity. Salt from the soil can have a very destructive and catastrophic effect on masonry in buildings. Salt is drawn up into masonry with rising damp, and over many years with wet and dry cycles, more and more salt is deposited into the point of evaporation, typically in brickwork or stonework below damp proof course [DPC] level. The pressure exerted by crystallising salt can exceed 200MPa, whilst the tensile resistant strength...

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