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One of the benefits that I brought up earlier of
MoistureLevel smart foundation system is the remediation of moisture problems
in slabs on grade. How many of you have experienced the difficulty of excess
moisture in slabs on grade? It usually manifests itself by bubbling up vinyl
tile and epoxy coatings building up excess moisture under floor coverings
debonding them and creating mold and mineral deposits.
This is not an easy problem to remedy. Most solutions consist
of installing a sealer on the top side of the slab. For any of you who have
worked with sealers and hydrostatic pressure realize that sooner or later the
hydrostatic pressure will eventually push any sealers on the surface off and
cause them to fail. Some manufacturers even guarantee that their sealers will
work for this application but sad experience has shown that sooner or later
these guarantees are merely gambles for warranty with inevitable failure and
have resulted in in many lawsuits.
Let’s look at the practicality of that solution. First of
all it requires removing all floor coverings including tile of all types. This
in itself is quite an operation that includes removal of the occupants during
the work. What happens to the areas underneath the cabinets and fixtures in
both kitchens and bathrooms? If this area is not sealed as well, then the
moisture is concentrated and funneled to those areas. This results in huge
moisture problems in areas where they can bring the most problems, creating mold
and other issues where they are most damaging for human health. The alternative
is to remove all of those cabinets and fixtures and treat them before putting
them back.
So this solution is starting to look similar in scope to the
removal and replacement of the entire floor with tremendous expense and
displacement of the occupant. This again ends up being close to rehabbing the
entire interior of the house by the time it is over with because painting and
other restoration is usually required by the time it is finished. All of this
for a questionably non permanent solution.
Contrast that with the ease and simplicity of the
MoistureLevel system. It can usually be installed in one day or less while the
occupant stays comfortably in the house. This can be done for a price that is
orders of magnitude less. In addition this is a permanent solution where the
moisture level under the slab is regulated forever balancing it with the
moisture level on the top side of the slab minimizing slab curl and other
performance issues that come with imbalanced moisture levels between the top
and bottom of the slab including minimization of ASR.
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