When the Las Vegas arena that is home to Las Vegas’ National Hockey League franchise needed a resolution to a long-time issue they reached out to JES Supply Company.
How do you repair concrete when the temperature of the air and concrete are well below 0℉? At these temperatures you cannot use cementitious materials that require water. In the Las Vegas heat, we do not have to wait long for the FlexKit 5 material to cure. It will cure in as little as 15 minutes.
Clark County Parks and Recreation Department in Nevada needed a material that they could place on the floors of the public restrooms of their outdoor parks. Over the years, several of the prefabricated restroom buildings had settled to the point that maintenance workers could no longer properly clean the restrooms.
Concrete is and has been one of if not the most widely used building materials in world history, from the Romans to modern-day and well into the future. It is a mixture of cement, water, and aggregate with many positive attributes. It is durable and resilient, can be made to be decorative, and is extremely strong when used in a compressive application. Sounds like it is the perfect construction material, and for the most part, it is.
Concrete is and has been one of if not the most widely used building materials in world history, from the Romans to modern-day and well into the future. It is a mixture of cement, water, and aggregate with many positive attributes. It is durable and resilient, can be made to be decorative, and is extremely strong when used in a compressive application. Sounds like it is the perfect construction material, and for the most part, it is.
Spring is in the air, inspiring us to renew our surroundings now that the stress of winter is behind us. Unfortunately, structural improvements to the practical elements of our environment are the last to be addressed when budgets are tight. However, repairs done routinely and with the right product can be done relatively inexpensively, thus improving the appeal of the hardscape, as well as its useful life.
Over the last decade, there has been much discussion by political leaders around the need for repairing our nation’s infrastructure, including the costs involved and the challenges associated with approving legislation toward that effort. There are plenty of horror stories about how our roads, bridges, highways, overpasses, and airports are falling apart. Often overlooked, however, “out of sight, out of mind” is the vast array of underground infrastructure that is also failing.
There are many factors that can contribute to the cracking of your foundation and they are almost always caused by external forces applying stress to the concrete. Understand that concrete is a rigid material that does not accept movement or stress well. Because of this, when stress or movement is applied, the concrete will not absorb it, causing it to crack.
What is FLEXKIT? FLEXKIT is a liquid polymer used to make extremely strong, lasting repairs on concrete, asphalt, and even wood. The kit includes a 5-gallon steel pail with pre-measured liquid FLEXKIT material, sand, catalyst, accelerator, primer, mixing cup, stir stick, 2” chip brush, 3” X 8” a hand trowel, 2” X 5” margin trowel, gloves, and instructions. […]
There are many factors that can contribute to the cracking of your concrete, and they are almost always caused by external forces applying stress. Understand that concrete is a rigid material that does not accept movement or stress well. When either is introduced, the concrete fractures – sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. […]
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