Waterproofdeckcoatingadvice.com aquires domain name deckexpert.com

We are happy to announce that as of late afternoon today, we agreed on terms with Web Inceptions, Inc of San Diego to acquire the domain name deckexpert.com.
"This will help strengthen our rankings on web searches and bringing in viewers to our website" said Bill Leys, President of the firm. "Having assumed the nickname "Deck Expert", and a specialty license plate as marketing tools and now owning the more popular dot com extension rather than just the dot info extension is a key aspect to growing the business."
Web Inceptions is a seller of internet websites and domain names, located in San Diego CA. The terms of the sale will not be disclosed, however, we were pleased to aquire the domain name for signifacntly below the asking price of $4,997.00.
We expect to have the name transfer done today and by Monday the web address should point to www.waterproofdeckcoatingadvice.com's website. It was a pleasure doing business with Web Inceptions, they are a very effective and responsive company to make this transaction happen so quickly.

"CONCRETE EXPRESSIONS" Magazine Features a Direct Bond (Metal Lath) Miracote Waterproof decking install

In what is a probable precursor to Crossfield Products Dex-O-Tex introducing a metal lath system, the magazine of www.Concrete Network.com has an article in their most recent issue.
Written by Bill Palmer, a Concrete Network columnist, the article covers a demonstration of the install procedure done at the American Society of Concrete Contractors convention in North Carolina last fall.
A couple of criticisms, the article glosses over the install procedure, making it seme very simple and with the exception a couple of "watch out for's" would make one think after reading the article that they could just go out and do themselves. That's deceiving, because this is a concrete magazine, not a waterproofing magazine and waterproofing is wholly different from concrete decorative overlays.
Miracote rep Trevor Foster is quoted as saying that "flashing is one of the critical elements to making the system work." No Trevor, flashing is the number one critical item to making the deck waterproof. Period. No argument.
The Miracote system as a direct bond system is an interesting install procedure...
The first step is to install the metal lath with 22-28 staples per square foot (the more the better, some systems call for only 15-20) then, prior to troweling in cement into the lath, they prime the lath and plywood with a diluted polymer resin first. Then they Mirecote RM III polymer-modified concrete underlayment fills the lath. Two coats of single component fluid applied waterproofing is then applied at 25 mils wft, drying to 12.5 mils. (Sounds like a Tufflex type product to me)
They say nearly any sort of docorative overlay can be placed over it and at the demo did a 1/2" topping of Miracote's MPC.
I have several concerns and/or questions to get myself answered; one being why the primer of polymer to the lath and plywood? Are their adhesion issues with their cement to the lath and plywood without that step... or is their something they see as advantageous to that step over their competitions methods? Hmmm. Then I do have an issue over the 1/2' of stamp mix-maybe on smaller decks that will work without much cracking, but what about larger decks with a long span of joists. How will they prevent cracking the stamped surface?
Other questions come to mind too such as fire ratings, ASTM testing and such if any has been done and how proven is the system? If it's new, Miracote will need to show why this should go down in lieu of tried and true decking systems.Showing it to a convention of concrete contractors who probably don't understand the nature of waterproofing at all isn't a good move in my mind...Miracote is looking to open new markets up and needs to spend a lot of time making sure their new market can do the waterproofing part of the job.

Deck Expert takes steps to becoming a Listed Applicator of Mer-Kote

So March 19th found me at the warehouse of Mer-Kote in Torrance, with about 20 other guys from various waterproofing firms around California. I have taken the first step toward becoming a listed applicator of Mer-Kote, as surprising as that may seem to some...eductaion (sic)is the name of the game, and I want to learn...

We were there to learn from master decorative concrete finisher Ken Rhodes, who would show us how easy it is to do decorative concrete overlays, staining and stamping, by doing live demonstrations on each of several different Mer-Kote products.

It looks like a new Mer-Kote with an open inviting staff, eager to show me and the other attendees hospitality and good will.

I and the others learned a lot, Ken was a great teacher and I took home a new knowledge and sense of capability on a subject that looks harder than it is. If your not doing decoraive overlays as part of your decka nd concrete coating business, you should look at Mer-Kote for some help and some interesting products...

Removing Old Urethane Coatings at 6th & Pine

I sold this very large job in Long Beach; we have a courtyard of apx 14,000 square feet with old failing urethane coatings. In some areas they sloped the deck and the urethane is 1" thick. Tough stuff!
So it was time to call in the big boy toy's, thanks to Sunbelt Rentals, who consistently stepped up to the plate after a competitor of their's in Anaheim dropped the ball on us several times.

Here is our first video post of a ride on scraper taking off the coating on part of the job. Uncut, raw hard hitting footage! Sic More footage shows a grinder taking off an old texture overlay and a cutter is featured last.

After scraping, scarifying and then we had Dyna Guard come in and bead blast the deck clean. Victor and his crew from Dyna Guard are great! I recommend them for your concrete prep work and will be using them again for mine. I'll post up a movie with Dyna Guard beadblasting....

Call Bill Leys, the Deck Expert, for your next big job.805-801-2380

A Wise Waterproofer Once Told Me, "Bill, Water Has Nothing But Time On It's Hands

The pictures above are of a deck in Thousand Oaks; I was bidding the job and took the first picture on the right when inspecting the job. You can't miss the dirt and water pond stains where water pooled by the scupper area without draining. The picture on the left shows what we found when we stripped the old deck coating off...The real bitch was that the plywood is soft, and I couldn't tell when stepping on the deck during inspection because...the plywood is 1 1/8" thick plywood!
There was so much damage to these decks underneath, a lot of plywood at a huge additional cost ($60.00 a sheet for materials alone!) needed to be replaced and the customers budget was blown out of the water, no pun intended...
It appears to me that water sitting for extended period sof time was able to percolate down through the deck coating over a 15 year or so period to cause the damage you see.
Today's lesson (and guiding principle in building low slope roof decks) learned is, "No water may pond on a deck for more than 48 hours after cessation of rain."
Learn the lesson or pay the cost.

Introducing our New EZ to remember web address

In an effort to make it easier to remember our web site address and not having to type out such a long URL, we bought the easy to remember
www.deckexpert.info
for you to put into your favorite's.