Drytek Checks into Chic New Hotel
The newest building on Greenwich Street in TriBeCa looks like one of its oldest.
It is the 8-story Downtown Hotel at 377 Greenwich Street on the southeast corner at North Moore Street.
The brown-brick building is distinguished by its stunning curved, multi-paned corner windows, its huge skylights at its southern and eastern corners, and its very fine masonry detailing.
The hotel features 80 rooms and an arcaded courtyard as well as a 300-seat restaurant. Its lobby is connected to the adjacent
TriBeCa Grill.
During its construction phase, the hotel received a welcomed visit from Drytek. Known for being a leader in innovative flooring solutions, Drytek brought along a few friends for this short yet productive stay: One highly sophisticated pump truck , 5 technical field representatives and 500 tons of the industry's Workhorse product, DrytekT 7200 Low Alkali Leveling Cement
Although the building itself is new and the workmanship second to none, the challenge presented to the flooring contractor was tough. The general contractor called out for a dead level floor. This was needed to provide a flawless smooth and flat substrate for adhesive attachment of engineered wood plank. This means there could be no variance at any point on the concrete slab. This is not easy to achieve. It would require great expertise and sophisticated tools.
The Drytek Floormaster level unit was utilized to map out the floor and provide a guide for setting heights by use of Drytek level pegs . Each peg was measured and cut with surgical precision insuring the top of each was exactly the same altitude as all the others. The material would be poured and smoothed using the pegs as a guide.
Drytek representatives were on site during the pouring of the Innovative Low Alkali 7200 leveling compound to provide support and insure field Quality is maintained. Customers of Drytek have come to expect a high level of Customer Service over the years and rely on its highly trained field representatives for timely and accurate advice and assistance.
More than 500 tons of material at an average depth of ¾" were expeditiously placed onto the concrete substrate within a relatively short period of time. This was made possible by means of the industry's latest material placement technology, a Drytek Pump Truck, capable of covering up to 125,000 square feet of substrate in a single day.
When Drytek checked out of the Downtown Hotel, they left something behind: A perfectly flat and hard surface which became the base for glued down engineered wood plank. One hour later, workers were able to get onto the new dead-level surface and plank could go down within hours. The hotel is slated for opening in the near future. Please check it out.
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