RESTORING AND PROTECTING PLANT INDUSTRIAL WALLS AND KERBS
SUREBOND HAS A PROVEN process TO IMPROVE LONGEVITY OF REPAIRS TO PLANT INDUSTRIAL WALLS AND KERBS
WHY DO PLANT WALLS AND KERBING NEED TO BE REPAIRED?
FOOD PLANT WALLS AND KERBS NEED TO BE REPAIRED TO ENSURE THAT PESTS (IE. MICE AND RATS) DO NOT ENTER FOAM INSULATED WALLS, AS THEY WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EXTRICATE / EXTERMINATE.
THE SURFACES OF WALLS AND KERBS NEED TO BE HYGIENIC AS WELL, AND THERE CANNOT BE ANY RESERVOIRS OF WATER AND ORGANICS WITHIN THE WALL THAT CANNOT BE SANITIZED.
ORDERS TO FIX ALL KERBS AND WALLS CAN COME FROM THE CFIA, PROVINCIAL INSPECTORS, HEALTH INSPECTORS, USDA (EXPORT AUDIT FROM CANADA.
AUDIT ITEMS FROM BRC, SQF AND HACCP AUDITS GENERATE THE NEED TO REPAIR. (SADLY ON THE LATTER NOTE, FOLLOWUP ON PREVIOUS DEFICIENCIES COMPLETION BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE LACKING.)
WHY DO INDUSTRIAL WALL AND KERB REPAIRS FOR IMPACT DAMAGE AND SEAL ISSUES FAIL IN DAYS OR WEEKS?
REASONS: ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
MOISTURE CONTAMINATION / RESERVOIR “BEHIND” WALLS AND UNDER KERBS
ORGANIC CONTAMINATION “IN” THE CONCRETE KERBS
KERBS COATED WITH A CONTAMINATED RESIN (TYPICALLY: URETHANES / EPOXIES)
RE-CURRING PALLET IMPACT, WASHING: NORMAL EXPECTATION
INSUFFICIENT / NON-EXISTENT SURFACE PREP OF WALL AND KERB MATERIALS AS PART OF REPAIR PROCEDURE
LOW BONDING STRENGTH OF THE STANDARD MATERIAL USED: CAULKINGS HAVE POOR BOND STRENGTH AND SHRINK WITH TIME.
INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS USED FOR REPAIR OF CONCRETE KERBS AS “FILLERS”: CAULKING, PATCH MATERIALS
TEMPERATURE OF REPAIR
CURING TIME OF THE REPAIR MATERIALS USED
POROSITY OF THE REPAIR MATERIALS USED.
SANITATION CHEMICALS DETERIORATE THE CAULKING MATERIALS
USE OF PRESSURE WASHERS TO CLEAN WALLS AND KERBS DRIVES WATER INTO AND BEHIND WALLS AND KERBS
SUREBOND WALL STRATEGY SOLUTION: INSTALL AND FIX WALLS AS WELL AS WE DO OUR FLOOR INSTALLS…BY USING THE SAME MATERIALS AND SURFACE PREP
ACCEPT AND DESIGN WALLS FOR IMPACT, WATER, AND SANITATION CHEMICALS AS REALLY “SYSTEM NORMAL”, AND NOT “ABUSE”.
ELIMINATE THE USE OF CAULKING FOR ANY WALL REPAIRS OR EVEN FLOOR-COVES INSTALLED BY OTHERS.
DO NOT USE THIN PATCH CONCRETE MATERIALS. DO NOT USE EPOXIES AND URETHANE CEMENTS: THEY WILL ALL FAIL
USE SMOOTH, IMPACT RESISTANT PLASTIC FOR IMPACT AREAS AS A REMAIN-IN-PLACE FORM. DESIGN FOR HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH.
AVOID FLASHING AND THIN STAINLESS SOLUTIONS. tHEY WILL PEEL OFF ON IMPACT.
ADAPT OUR PROVEN SUREBOND SILIKAL® FLOOR SYSTEMS TO WALL REPAIR AND PROTECTION SOLUTIONS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE / HIGH MOISTURE / CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS.
RE-INFORCE THE WALL REPAIR TO BE STRONGER THAN ORIGINAL SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH CONTINUED, RE-CURRING IMPACTS
