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I have unearthed the inspection pit in my workshop for the first time since taking it over. It was very damp and puddles on the floor.
The walls are made from concrete blocks and the floor is a concrete slab; the latter seems to have no finish but the walls have a couple of layers of some kind of coating - one looks like white emulsion, the other could be an old tanking system some kind over very thin cement render... or possibly just very manky paint. Some of the paint is flaking, so is stuck fast.
There is a cut out in the corner of the slab just a bit smaller than a foot square. I presume this is a soak away and for mopping out any water or other liquids that build up.
It does appear that most of the moisture is getting in from one spot in the corner at the moment, but other than the last week its been reasonably dry. I don't want to miss the opportunity to apply a system to the walls and floor and then have it damp through winter.
My current plan is to:
1. Wire brush and pressure hose any flaking paint off the walls
2. fill any gaps in blockwork with cement mortar
3. fill in/plug up the soak away cutout deleting this "feature"
4. apply Resincoat epoxy primer and garage paint to floor ceiling (two coats of the primer acts a tanking system - apparently).
It does seem like massive overkill for a pit, but it is a bit of up front cost to make the problem "go away" - I will be able to store infrequently used items like my engine stand and such like without worrying about it getting ruined by the damp.
What are your thoughts on this plan?
(photos to follow)
I have unearthed the inspection pit in my workshop for the first time since taking it over. It was very damp and puddles on the floor.
The walls are made from concrete blocks and the floor is a concrete slab; the latter seems to have no finish but the walls have a couple of layers of some kind of coating - one looks like white emulsion, the other could be an old tanking system some kind over very thin cement render... or possibly just very manky paint. Some of the paint is flaking, so is stuck fast.
There is a cut out in the corner of the slab just a bit smaller than a foot square. I presume this is a soak away and for mopping out any water or other liquids that build up.
It does appear that most of the moisture is getting in from one spot in the corner at the moment, but other than the last week its been reasonably dry. I don't want to miss the opportunity to apply a system to the walls and floor and then have it damp through winter.
My current plan is to:
1. Wire brush and pressure hose any flaking paint off the walls
2. fill any gaps in blockwork with cement mortar
3. fill in/plug up the soak away cutout deleting this "feature"
4. apply Resincoat epoxy primer and garage paint to floor ceiling (two coats of the primer acts a tanking system - apparently).
It does seem like massive overkill for a pit, but it is a bit of up front cost to make the problem "go away" - I will be able to store infrequently used items like my engine stand and such like without worrying about it getting ruined by the damp.
What are your thoughts on this plan?
(photos to follow)
