Moisture Remediation

Living on the west coast has its moisture challenges and Beatty Floors understands that moisture remediation is number one priority when installing flooring over any surface! Moisture creates problems when entrapped between your flooring and concrete slab causing adhesive failures, mold and mildew growth and eventually resulting in product delamination, curling or bubbling.

We can stop moisture from becoming a problem by testing your slab for moisture content and vapor emissions prior to the installation of any flooring products.  Once the evaluation is done, we would be able to use the appropriate low-permeance vapor barriers or retarders if necessary for the particular installation. Beatty has the experienced crews to deal with moisture remediation professionally and successfully.

Some new build installations can be complicated and there are times when an in depth evaluation is necessary of soil conditions; is the soil wet/dry, expansive, free-draining, contaminated, what is the water table level, are there seasonal changes, etc. We check the underslab conditions: whether a vapor retarder has been used, what sub base, how thick was the screeding (top coat) used, as well as check if a blotter layer was used between the concrete and vapor retarder. We check the building envelope conditions: room temperature, relative humidity, surface temperature and air movement.  Lastly we test the finished concrete itself: water to cement ratio, type and grade of aggregate, temperatures, curing method, admixtures, concrete finishing etc.

Our trained technicians know how to work with concrete and how to bring it into industry tolerances to ensure your gorgeous finished floors will not fail through moisture-related issues.