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Imagine a freshly installed concrete floor covering. All the effort and investment to put a smooth and comfortable face on your concrete slab. Then the next day, you find your new floor covered in bumps. You press a lump with your finger, and a yellow liquid oozes...

Concrete looks solid and dry, but every piece of concrete has water in it. The ASTM International standard for concrete moisture content is 75 percent relative humidity(RH) or lower. Different types of flooring have unique requirements for moisture. Putting flooring...

Helping your concrete slab dry faster is critical in today's fast-paced construction market. The quicker your concrete dries, the sooner you can move on to the next building phase. The best things you can do to help concrete dry faster include: Mix concrete with the...

The relative humidity (RH) of a concrete slab is the amount of water vapour inside it. RH will change while a concrete slab is curing, getting lower as more vapour escapes. Understanding the RH of a concrete slab can help you know when it is safe to install flooring....

Anytime you need to install new flooring on an old concrete slab, you need to test it for moisture. The old flooring being in good shape is not a sign that the new flooring will succeed. One of the biggest challenges of working with an old concrete slab is that you...

Waiting for concrete floors to dry can be a painstaking process, especially when you have a project to complete. There are steps you can take to help concrete floors dry faster. The environment a concrete slab dries is makes a big difference in how fast or slow it...

Just about every new construction project has a concrete slab. It's easy to get tempted to complete a job faster by rushing to finish the concrete. Ignoring some basic facts about working with concrete could lead to the flooring, and your reputation, being ruined....

Your concrete slab is a critical component of your building's structural integrity. It should be protected from the ground's moisture with a water-proof barrier. Older buildings may not have ever had a moisture barrier. A new building could have suffered from a faulty...

The moisture concentration in concrete needs to be tested before applying a coating or putting down flooring. The flooring could be ruined if the moisture concentration in the concrete slab is too high. Knowing the moisture content of your concrete can also give you...