Concrete repair system for landmark Victorian building

Concrete repair system for landmark Victorian building

Sika has provided an anti-corrosive concrete repair system for a Grade II-listed Victorian building which has been transformed into a state-of-the-art leisure centre.

A landmark building at the heart of the capital’s East End, Poplar Baths has served a variety of purposes since its opening in 1852. Its latest incarnation as a £36m leisure centre required the painstaking restoration of the existing Art Deco building, much of which was in a poor state of repair due to cracks across its entire 1,600m2 surface area.

and installed an impressed current cathodic protection system (ICCPS) to prevent corrosion of the buildings steel frame sections.
During initial repairs all surfaces, including the roof’s striking whalebone structure, were rendered using Sika MonoTop-610, a high-performance, one-component, cementitious polymer-modified primer. Spray-applied out of consideration for the listed building’s substrate, Sika MonoTop-610 simply required mixing with water to provide a superb, anti-corrosive bonding in preparation for concrete repair using Sika MonoTop-615.

Sikagard-550 W Elastic, a one component plasto-elastic anti-carbonation coating system provided the provided the final application. Sikagard-550 W is solvent-free, and even at low temperatures offers superb crack-bridging properties in concrete structures.

Sean New, Supervisor at APA Concrete Repairs Ltd, commented: “Sika was ideal for a project of this size and prestige. Poplar Baths is one of the most iconic structures in the East End and is held very dear to the community’s heart. It was therefore vital the greatest care was taken with its restoration.

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