Waterproofing 8-Storey Elevator Shaft in Oshawa

The ROOF CONDITION

An eight-storey residential apartment building in Oshawa with an elevator shaft was becoming an expensive line item in their maintenance budget.

Freeze-thaw damage had been eating through the mortar joints for years, and every repair required crane access just to reach the problem. The shaft runs the full height of the building with no weather protection on the brick face, so moisture had unrestricted access from ground level to the roofline.

The REPLACEMENT PROCESS

Working on an eight-storey elevator shaft isn’t the same as waterproofing a two-storey commercial building. Materials had to be craned to the roof and staged carefully, the crew coordinated access with building management to minimize disruption to residents, and every work window was planned around weather conditions to make sure the waterproofing membrane cured properly.

The full shaft exterior was prepped, cleaned, and sealed with a waterproofing membrane from top to bottom. Every mortar joint, transition point, and exposed brick face was covered, cutting off every path water had been using to get into the masonry.

The VIDEL DIFFERENCE

Waterproofing an eight-storey shaft on a residential building with people living inside it is a logistics problem disguised as a roofing project.

Crane access, weather windows, resident coordination, and material staging all had to line up before a single square foot of membrane went down. That planning is the difference between a project that runs smoothly and one that drags on for weeks with complaints from every floor. Residents carried on with their daily routines while the shaft was sealed from top to bottom.

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