Residential Balcony Rehabilitation, Port Hope:
April 2018 CPD Project of the Month
When you’re a landlord, the safety of your tenants should be paramount, especially if you own a multi-unit building. If your units also have balconies, regular inspections need to be carried out to ensure that safety standards are being met.
Over time, especially in areas with fluctuations in temperature and varying weather conditions, once-solid balconies can begin to show signs of wear. Many balcony foundations can suffer from cracks, allowing water to drip through. Railings can also start to look old and tired and become unstable, and the balconies’ steel reinforcements might begin to show through the concrete due to wear, appearing rusted and worn out.
It’s a major job to refresh balconies, but it was a project that the owners of the low-rise apartment building at Holland Court, 24 Queen Street in Port Hope, Ontario, were willing to invest in to ensure the safety of their residents, and improve the look of the building exterior.
Contractor: BDS Ltd.
Founded in 2000, BDS Limited provides a complete range of structural engineering services. Their focus continues to be on providing the highest quality of service to their clients.
Their specialities include complete design work, field review services, investigation, and project evaluation for commercial buildings, industrial structures, office developments, and residential edifices.
Because of their excellent understanding of the codes and standards involving balcony construction, BDS Ltd. was hired by the owners of Holland Court to work on the almost 30 balconies that were showing signs of age and becoming an aesthetic and safety concern.
Vendor: Rent All Centre, 30 Elgin St. West, Cobourg
To help secure the equipment and products needed to complete the project at Holland Court, BDS contractors turned to their local Rent All Centre in the nearby town of Coburg.
Independently owned since 1973, this proudly Canadian company rents construction equipment, lawn and garden, carpentry, and various other tools and equipment to everyone from the weekend do-it-yourself crowd to major contractors. Rent All Centre is also a CPD® Construction Products dealer, carrying a large selection of our grouts, epoxies, sealers, and many other of our industrial-grade construction products.
For the Holland Court project, the staff at Rent All Centre recommended one of toughest mortars available: CPD® Fastcrete Ultra.
Product: CPD® Fastcrete Ultra
CPD® Fastcrete Ultra is a two-component polymer modified, fast-setting repair mortar. Similar to the colour of concrete, this product is also enhanced with a micro-silica and Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor® by Cortec to reduce rebar corrosion.
This makes Fastcrete Ultra perfect to use as a structural repair material for vertical, overhead, and horizontal concrete surfaces, whether on, above, or below grade.
Sample uses include parking garages, balconies, building envelopes, bridges, tunnels, dams, and industrial applications. Its bond strength, resistance to freeze-thaw, and high compressive and flexural strengths provide the tough, durable performance needed to repair and rehabilitate the balconies at Holland Court so that they retain strength and reliability for years through the changing and often inclement local weather patterns.
Project Outcome
Thanks to the teams at BDS Ltd. and Rent All Centre, the balconies at Holland Court were successfully repaired and refreshed with CPD® Fastcrete Ultra, providing a renewed look to the building’s exterior, raising the building’s value and enhancing the comfort and safety of the residents.
Since 1978, CPD® Construction Products has been supplying a wide range of construction products to contractors across Canada and around the world. Talk to our service team about which of our professional-grade products can help you with your next project!
