Tanking A Cellar Floor

The same method is followed when tanking a floor.

Tanking a cellar floor.

There must be no holes or gaps and certainly no cracks. Ensure however that the same preparation process is applied to the floor as for the walls. However remember that lowering the floor level to increase headroom costs around 200 300 m. Cellar or basement tanking is the process where a liquid waterproof coating known as tanking slurry is applied to both the floor and walls of a cellar.

It is important to tank the floors of the cellar as well as the walls. A rough cost for underpinning the walls will come in at around 500 1 000 m. Cellar tanking liquids brush onto damp walls and floors no smell no solvents. We strongly recommend that you tank the cellar floor once you have fully tanked all of the walls.

It is used to deal with damp walls to prevent water ingress and effectively makes the walls watertight on a permanent basis. This waterproof layer acts as a water repellant that completely waterproofs your cellar allowing it to remain dry when exposed to wet and moist conditions. Most tanking slurries including hydradry see above will act as a damp proof membrane to the floor of any basement or cellar conversion. Cellar tanking also known as basement tanking is the term used for the process of applying a waterproof layer that acts as a coating on the walls and floor of a cellar or basement.

You should still apply two coats horizontally and then vertically lapping over the fillet joint. Further information on the costs can be found at the basement information centre. Choose cellar liquids or warm and dry cellar linings free help and exact costing 01626 872886.