Full Sealing Is Essential for Full Safety

"In the modern world, we construct multi-storey buildings to create collective living spaces. For the safety of structures, material selection and application are extremely important alongside architecture, technical infrastructure, and so forth. If waterproofing is involved, even greater care is required. Because water has the greatest impact on structures in terms of building lifespan and safety." Addressing the importance of effective waterproofing for structural safety, Baumit Türkiye Product Manager Hasan İnan Yeter stated: "With proper design and application, it is possible to reduce the risks that will occur. However, risks persist due to materials that lose their flexibility and become brittle in relation to building lifespan. For this reason, risks arising from both systemic and material sources must be minimized." Stating that attention must be paid to every point from foundation to roof, from walls to wet areas for healthy structures, Yeter noted that Baumit's R&D centre evaluates data obtained from different countries and focuses on further improving material development and product quality. "Our Protect 2K and Protect 2K Elastic products, developed to be fully and semi-flexible respectively, create safer and completely waterproof wet areas and are manufactured in accordance with TS EN 14891 standard. Our Protect series products can be used in all buildings, on interior and exterior facades, on floors and walls. They can be applied in interior wet areas, in areas submerged in water (ornamental pools, drinking water storage tanks, etc.), on balconies, terraces, foundation and shear walls, on exterior facades directly under ceramic materials, and on surfaces such as concrete, plaster, and screed. Two-component waterproofing products enable the creation of completely waterproof and safe systems with tile adhesives and grout sealers in wet areas," he said.