Location- Carriage House at the Governors Mansion
Richmond, VA- Basement
Construction- 1818
Existing Condition- All below grade walls showed signs of
extensive water infiltration and the existing coatings were
delaminating on all
affected walls. At the customers request no
abrasive blasting was
done All affected walls were hand scraped
to remove as much of
the existing coating as possible. Severely
deteriorated mortar
joints were repaired using repair mortar mix
with acrylic emulsion
added to assist in adhesion. All mortar
joints were treated
using and water and acrylic emulsion mixture
to aid in adhesion
and harden existing mortar. Walls were cleaned prior to application. All surfaces and equipment adjacent to the area of application
were covered and protected.
Application Equipment- Graco Mark V Airless
.031 tip size- 8” pattern, 1000-1200 PSI