Lightweight Solution Chosen at Leading Medical Facility
Balir Duron, a Raleigh Durham based contractor, was called in recently to solve a situation at Duke Medical Center in North Carolina. A concrete slab was out of whack by almost 3" and needed to be brought up to height. The problem was, load limits for the structure were near tolerance and adding much more weight was not an option.
To solve this challenge, Drytek's FlowliteT system was called out. The system consists of a base layer of Drytek 3000 which is capped by a Drytek leveling compound such as Drytek 7200, creating a brand new, smooth and level surface. The installed weight of the system is less than 30 pounds per cubic foot. Remarkably, this is only 15% the weight of normal concrete.
Drytek 3000 comes in a 34 pound bag which is ready to be mixed with water and then applied to the substrate. The material can be pumped or barrel mixed and is smoothed with standard leveling tools. Compressive strengths of well over 3,000 pounds are achieved when Drytek 3000 is capped with Drytek leveling compounds, such as Drytek 7200.
The general contractor, Skanska, was more than pleased with the way that Blair Duron and Drytek stepped up to the plate and provided a lightweight flooring solution to a heavyweight challenge.
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