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  In Mumbai, the basic structure of terrace houses remains the same and all of these leakages can be repaired easily. Once you have identified the leakage, follow these 5 simple tips to prevent it from getting worse. All the tips are cost-effective and easy to understand and implement. If you follow them diligently, you will improve your overall health and living conditions in your house in Mumbai city.  Five Simple Tips for Preventing Leakage in Mumbai : 1 Clean Downspout Regularly Downspouts are one of those things that most of us tend to ignore. But they play a vital role in preventing rainwater from damaging our homes. Before it reaches your home, roof water has travelled through miles of downspout pipe. Years of leaves and sediment can build up inside these pipes, ultimately leading to leaks. Clean out your downspouts regularly and you’ll cut back on leaks and dampness inside your home by reducing all that grime that’s built up over time.   2) Secure the te...

  Waterproofing Services in Mumbai for Ceiling Leakage Ceiling leakage is the last thing a person can wish for in a dream home or office. While there can be several reasons for the leakages from the ceiling, the presence of wet-room or planters is the most common source of perennial leakages in the buildings. We often hear people say, that we have tried everything. Connecting with the developer who comes with their team to resolve the leakages, local service providers like plumbers, mason but the issue does not get resolved. There is temporary relief in certain cases based on corrective actions/treatments on upper floors but sooner or later the issue recurs more profound and with greater speed. It is important to thoroughly understand the pattern of leakage which can be done using the  thermography process .  This in turn helps us to identify the source of leakage as visible in the affected areas. Resolving the leakage is only like joining the dots based on the actual is...

  The terrace is the crown of the building. Perfect terrace waterproofing is a first step towards ensuring a shiny façade for a building that may otherwise lead to watermarks and stains, especially in the rainy season. Modern living has a high demand for the usage of energy for various facilities within the built form. This has put pressure on the non-renewable resources of mother earth, leading to global warming. Renewable resources help in reducing the burden of our energy needs and are environment friendly. Solar panels placed on the rooftop, tap the sun’s energy. This can be utilized to heat water and assist in lighting up the common areas of the building. So far so good, but the placement (often unplanned or Adhoc) on the terrace surfaces leads to cracks on the terrace floor which eventually lead to leakages. If this was not enough leakages in the solar water tank and pipelines due to the low maintenance and dripping of water in specific locations of the terrace floor based...

 Modern High-Rise buildings have typical floor plates stacked one above the other. The location of wet rooms, viz toilets, kitchens, dry balconies are built around a central core with the passage in between and habitable spaces around it. In case of leakages in the ceiling of habitable spaces, the obvious link of source of the leakage is sought at the floor above. Typical ways of resolving leakage issues are by checking for pressure drops in water supply lines to ascertain leakage in the pipes and posting that to check for drain lines and floors. Conventional solutions involve breaking tiles- floor/wall or both as the situation demands, resolving pipe leakage if any, redoing waterproofing and finally relaying the tiles. In recent times it has been noticed that this system of leakage resolution gives temporary or no relief in certain cases. It is advised to break tiles only and only if all other options are ruled out and not as the first line of defence. Modern technologies assist ...

  Cracks in Building  Façade A wall serves basic two functions privacy and protection from harsh weather. The high rise buildings which in a city like Mumbai are exposed to heavy rains accompanied with harsh winds. These cracks can be vertical, horizontal or angular as it is shown in the video. These cracks are generally formed in the junction of the RCC member and block wall. Impact of the harsh weather combined with rains causes leakage in the internal surfaces of the building. There is always chances of cracks being formed at the junction of RCC cracks. Therefore it is necessary that care should be taken of joints and junctions. As the impact of the wind is high around the coast line, mere replastering will not solve the problem. Watch our video to see how these cracks are formed. We will be uploading the waterproofing solution soon in our next blog. Watch the video to know more https://youtu.be/r18toTf_WHo  24 views  0 clicks  Share post 

  External Wall Waterproofing and Restoration of building Rainy season is an annual money back that mother nature gives us. It is a bench mark for the financial trends of the year. While we enjoy the rainy season and all its bounties, we need to protect our structure from leakages in the coming rainy season. A stitch in time saves nine is the perfect phase and the first towards successful waterproofing of the terrace, parapet walls, facades, podium and all the elements of the structure exposed to the rigors of nature. Good waterproofing is a necessity as the leakages occurring in the rainy seasons impact the structure from outside as well as inside, aesthetically, emotionally and ruin our peace of mind, the long-term implications of leakages is deterioration of structure, especially the structural members which can leave the structure weak and ultimately inhabitable. The restoration cost of structures with rising leakages rises exponentially if they are left unattended. The thr...