A National Trust property in Surrey, popular for both weddings and with visitors wanting to explore the listed farm buildings and extensive grounds, is currently undergoing a refurbishment programme, with waterproofing and other products from the range of Triton Systems having been employed by a specialist sub-contractor to complete some very rapid remedial work.
Archer Specialist Treatments is a long term customer of Triton Systems and has used both its timber treatment and tanking products for its work on Hookhouse Farm at Outwood in Surrey, where a 17th century barn featuring an imposing ‘queen-post’ timber truss roof offers a stylish setting for couples to exchange their vows. While a lot of the ancient beams within the two buildings were treated to provide long term protection against beetle attack and fungal problems, the main challenge for Archer Treatments’ experienced team was to tank the cellar beneath the farmhouse in just six days, to avoid an overrun on the wider project work.
Suffering regular flooding to a depth of half a metre, the 30m2 cellar in the original farm house required the installation of both Triton’s P20 and P8 drainage membranes to waterproof the floor and the walls to the subterranean space, while one of Triton’s automatic pumps was also fitted to remove any water collecting in the sump created.
Paul Halliwell, a Chartered Builder and Director of the company, commented:
“Archer Treatments is a family run business which has been trading successfully for 35 years – working from Chichester on the South Coast across to Canterbury and taking in much of London. In the two decades or more we’ve been using Triton Systems, we have come to depend on the product range’s quality and reliability for all types of residential projects in different ground conditions. On a regular basis we employ their cavity drain systems – the P2, P8 and P20 – the injection chemicals for damp-proofing, and the TT55 cementitious waterproofing additive; as well as the fungal and dry rot chemicals. It is a very good relationship we have with the company.”
“In the case of the National Trust property, Hookhouse Farm, we were tasked by the main contractor with making the cellar watertight within six days, with the work including installing the P8 cavity membrane across the brick and stone walls, while we installed the P20 across the new floor slab, all draining into the Aqua-channels and sump. We also installed a new chemical DPC within the building and treated all of the timbers for beetle and fungal attack. The work was all completed successfully and within the time required.”
As a long-established manufacturer with a very successful track record, Triton Systems offers a wide range of well proven products to cover damp-proofing problems, timber protection, structural repairs, condensation control and the penetration of gases such as radon and methane. Its technical advisory service is also able to offer advice on specific project requirements as well as guidance on relevant product compliances.
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