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North Woodside Pool

Date - 2012

Scope of Works - North Woodside Baths in Glasgow were built in the 19th Century and had been lying empty for several years due to excessive escape of water from the pool.

Glasgow City Council employed Waterproofing Ltd to carry out a survey to establish the structural condition of the pool and reasons for water loss.
The pool was of a peculiar construction with rounded stops with columns at the shallow end and three circular recesses at the deep end.

A series of cores were then taken.

All tiles and renders were removed back to base concrete.

A pattern of cracking was found in the walls.

There was no watertight seal at pool outlets.

The perimeter screed had formed the upper 75mm of wall creating a crack and line of egress.

There were score cracks in the floor slab.

The pool surround was cut back and reformed with a waterproof concrete.

All exposed cracks and joints were sealed using an epoxy bonded, flexible hypalon bandage.

The existing walls were re-aligned and waterproofed with a minimum 3 coat, 20mm, epoxy bonded waterproof wall render.

New renders were recessed around outlets.

A controlled water outlet system was positioned at the deep end of the pool.

Once renders were suitably cured, 2 lines of hydrophilic strips were applied either side of the epoxy secured starter bars fixed through our renders.

Glasgow City engineers wanted to reduce the depth of the pool plus then felt an increased screed depth was required.

Reinforcement was installed in hit or miss panels

A waterproof concrete base was applied in hit and miss rails to allow the application of a hydrophilic strip to be fixed between panels should shrinkage occur.

Box outs were formed in the new concrete to create access points and sealed again with hydrophilic strips.

Pool outlets were sealed with hydrophilic mastics, replaced and built into the 3 coat waterproofing system.

The pool was water tested successfully and then fully tiled and commissioned for use.

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01786 448822

North Woodside Pool

Date - 2012

Scope of Works - North Woodside Baths in Glasgow were built in the 19th Century and had been lying empty for several years due to excessive escape of water from the pool.

Glasgow City Council employed Waterproofing Ltd to carry out a survey to establish the structural condition of the pool and reasons for water loss.

The pool was of a peculiar construction with rounded stops with columns at the shallow end and three circular recesses at the deep end.

A series of cores were then taken.

All tiles and renders were removed back to base concrete.

A pattern of cracking was found in the walls.

There was no watertight seal at pool outlets.

The perimeter screed had formed the upper 75mm of wall creating a crack and line of egress.

There were score cracks in the floor slab.

The pool surround was cut back and reformed with a waterproof concrete.

All exposed cracks and joints were sealed using an epoxy bonded, flexible hypalon bandage.

The existing walls were re-aligned and waterproofed with a minimum 3 coat, 20mm, epoxy bonded waterproof wall render.

New renders were recessed around outlets.

A controlled water outlet system was positioned at the deep end of the pool.

Once renders were suitably cured, 2 lines of hydrophilic strips were applied either side of the epoxy secured starter bars fixed through our renders.

Glasgow City engineers wanted to reduce the depth of the pool plus then felt an increased screed depth was required.

Reinforcement was installed in hit or miss panels

A waterproof concrete base was applied in hit and miss rails to allow the application of a hydrophilic strip to be fixed between panels should shrinkage occur.

Box outs were formed in the new concrete to create access points and sealed again with hydrophilic strips.

Pool outlets were sealed with hydrophilic mastics, replaced and built into the 3 coat waterproofing system.

The pool was water tested successfully and then fully tiled and commissioned for use.