The location, JCPenny’s department stores at The Queens Center Mall in Long Island City, New York.
A new concrete slab has been poured, has cured, and ceramic tile is the floor covering to be applied throughout the isles of the department store giant. Unfortunately, the inconsistencies in the substrate make it unsuitable for the tile to be applied. Mike Schilling with East Hills Metro decided that a self leveling underlayment would best remedy the situation.
Approximately 15,000 square feet needed to be self leveled at 3/8 of an inch, and time was of the essence. To make matters worse, Mike wasn’t able to begin his floor preparation until late in the afternoon, which subsequently, translates into an all night mission. Using two G4 self leveling pumps, and DRYTEK™ 7200 Mike and his crew began pumping at 1:00 AM, and didn’t finish until approximately 5:00 AM. What concerned him most was that in a few short hours other trades would be arriving to begin their days work. Well, to Mike’s delight when the trades arrived, and man lifts were rolled out onto the mere hours old floor the DRYTEK™ 7200 stood up to the test. When asked what impressed him most? Mike replied “hands down the immediate compressive strength”. These guys are rolling 2,500 pound man lifts around three hours after we finished pumping, and there isn’t so much as a nick in this underlayment. His crew also raved about the flow characteristics, as well as, the superior workability of the DRYTEK™ 7200.
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