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Alkalinity & Subflooring
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Alkalines are crystallized salts that can be found in both soil and concrete. Measures of alkalinity are usually expressed in terms of a pH number. The pH scales range from 1-14 with 7 being neutral. Numbers 1-6 indicate increasing acidity while numbers 8-14 indicate increasing alkalinity. Readings of pH levels in excess of 9 have been known to affect adhesives, resilient subflooring and floor coverings. PH levels of 9 are usually suggestive of excessive vapor/moisture transmission.
Alkalines in soil remain stagnant until the soil gets wet. Once wet, moisture carries the alkalines in the soil to the concrete slab below your floor and eventually into your home.
Concrete by nature is a highly alkaline material. Under normal conditions this does not affect subflooring materials, resilient floor coverings and adhesives. However, it does become a factor when there is excessive moisture vapor or heavy rains.
Capillary rise causes moisture from within the ground to rise upwards. When the moisture rises it carries the alkaline salts from soils and the concrete slab to the surface. Once on the surface the alkaline salts can degrade adhesives, subflooring materials, and resilient floor coverings. This leads to poor appearance, maintenance difficulties and in extreme cases, total floor failure. The standard 4 or 6 low-density polyethylene membrane commonly used as a subflooring moisture barrier is of little to no use. Alkalines in the concrete attack the stabilizers in the polyethylene causing the low-density subflooring membrane to break down into a brittle, non-performing mess. In addition, workers cannot walk on low-density polyethylene subflooring as it's easily punctured.
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subflooring membrane is made of a High Density polyethylene that's impervious to alkaline salts from soils and concrete and is tough enough to withstand workers walking on it during the pour.

 

Radon Gas & Subflooring
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Waterproofing your Subflooring Materials
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