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Blogs Where Nature Meets Science & Coatings
"If All the Greedy People that Pollute can get Together & Show Strength in Unity – then Honest, Environmentalists Must Do the Same. You See – It’s as Simple As That.” George C. Keefe - ENCASEMENT Guy
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Strong wind events, such as Nor'easter (sometimes also known as bomb cyclones), hurricanes, Santa Ana’s, typhoons and tornados, can all cause large scale damage in both the short and long term.
Even the smallest holes can allow looming destruction to slip in and create devastation to surfaces they would otherwise be protecting.
The best way to defend surfaces against damaging wind uplift is to make sure there are no gaps, holes, openings or unsecured problematic seams.
This can be simply accomplished by turning all those situations into monolithic, continuous seamless surfaces.
Doing this can easily be accomplished with the right industrial coating that has been designed for just that purpose.
That same coating should have excellent strength, adhesion, chemical resistance and long-term sustainability.
Also, an important factor should be that the coating be Green and environmentally advanced with low to no VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), no ODS (Ozone Depleting Substances), non-toxic, biodegradable and Class A Fire rated.
A fluid applied coating system is best for defending and sealing surfaces to waterproof them and make them weather resistant.
This is due to the fact that it can turn broken surfaces with holes, gaps and problematic seams into a continuous seamless membrane that is fully adhered to the surface it is protecting.
This then prevents damaging winds from getting behind it and underneath to peel away and shear off sections.
The defensive coating that is chosen should also be chemically and UV resistant being able to take great amounts of repeated abuse over the long term.
With the right protective coating, you can defend all exterior surfaces from wind, including roofing, which is the most susceptible surface to wind damage.
Roofing also is the surface that takes the most abuse from the suns destructive UV (Ultra Violet) rays.
In addition, it is the surface that demands the toughest covering to defend against the attack of all harmful effects from severe weather.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
We recently passed the anniversary of 9-11-2001 tragedy of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. I wanted to remind everyone that the effects of that fateful day are still being felt and especially by some of the heroes that were affected by the initial exposure and then the secondary exposure that took place during the cleanup. Some of those exposed were firefighters, police officers, EMTs (Emergency Medical Technician), construction workers, transit workers, cleanup workers, debris removal crews, truck drivers, nearby office workers, and Lower Manhattan residents.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
I discussed in a recent blog the importance of keeping the aesthetics of a historic building intact. Making sure that the look and overall presentation on a structure is preserved is very significant. This is especially true with landmark properties that have prominent and distinct features. Preservation can become very difficult when it entails obsolete building materials that contain hazardous materials that are typically removed and replaced. Three of the most common of hazardous materials is lead-based paint, asbestos and PCBs. In the USA, lead was used in paints up until 1978. It then was banned for its negative health effects, especially with children in their developing stages. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were banned from paints, caulking and surface coatings in 1979 and asbestos was banned in 1974. All these bans were due to the negative health and environmental effects of these products.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Lead Paint Poisoning is Preventable Through Education and Action
