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Category: Adhesives Product: Contact Cement - Water Based (Solvent Free)
Temperature Limitations: Use above +18 C (+65 F)
Rain Limitations: Dry surface
Wind Limitations: High winds will accelerate sett...
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Category: Adhesives Product: Interior Carpet & Sheet Vinyl Adhesive Latex
Temperature Limitations: Floor and adhesive must be above +18 C (+65 F) prior to application.
Rain Limitations: Indoor produc...
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Category: Adhesives Product: Indoor/Outdoor Carpet Adhesive
Temperature Limitations: Apply when both surface and product are above +18C (+65 F). Store product above -12C (+10 F).
Rain Limitations: Keep ...
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Category: Masonry Product: Brick Mortar
Temperature Limitations: Use above + 5 C (+40 F)
Rain Limitations: No standing water or wash out prior to setting
Wind Limitations: Protect mortar if wind will d...
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Category: Finishes Product: Water Repellents for wood and masonry
Temperature Limitations: Use above +10 C (+50 F) and below + 35 C (+95 F)
Rain Limitations: No rain for 48 hours
Wind Limitations: n/a...
Concrete, outdoors in the Canadian climate, has a particularly difficult time surviving. Walkways, patios, driveways and the like must have as much as 4 to 6 inches of gravel as a drainage base to minimize the effects of shifting from frost movement in the soil. Drainage around these areas has to...
Hi Jon,
I have a driveway retaining wall that continues to be pushed by the ground, even though it is backed by gravel and drained to "nothing under the driveway" except crushed gravel. I realize proper drainage affects this somewhat, however would prefer not to cut open my driveway, sidewalk a...
Wendy in Golden, British Columbia is having constant problems with her front door lock freezing up. Actually this is common in a very cold climate when you have a positive pressure in your house for some reason. The positive pressure pushes moist warm air out the door lock, and it freezes there. ...
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Category: Adhesives Product: Adhesive for foam insulation
Temperature Limitations: Check the package: one manufacturer says above -30 C (-22 F) while another says above +15 C (+60 F).
Rain Limitations: A...
One of our viewers is about to insulate his basement and he has been told that he should not run the vapour barrier all the way to the floor. Fact or fiction?
You should run the vapour barrier wherever there is insulation to keep the moisture on the warm side of the wall. And in a basement insta...
