LATICRETE Helps Put ‘Seal’ of Approval on Water Park
"Tile was a major part of this project. Basically, the entire inside of the building is a big swimming pool. There is water and tile everywhere – in the pool, in the bathroom, along the walls. Chlorine can be very corrosive. So we had to figure out a way to keep the building from rusting from the inside out. We had to manage the chlorinated water. We spent a lot of time working on keeping the water safe for the visitors and the employees."
Hoffman worked closely with Paragon Tile of Tigard, OR, which had successfully bid on the project. As Paragon began to map out the project, they knew what the needed. That’s when Paul Luttrell, VP of sales for Paragon Tile, called LATICRETE sales representative Mike Werner. Paragon ended up selecting and delivering a number of high-performance LATICRETE products for the job, including SPECTRALOCK® PRO Grout^, 4-XLT, 254 Platinum, 255 MultiMax™* and LATASIL™.
"In particular, we used LATICRETE Latasil because we needed something that would not crack or deteriorate in the wet coved areas and corners for the life of the installation," Luttrell says. And with the amount of tiling prevalent throughout the facility, Luttrell used SpectraLOCK PRO Grout, a product designed to be used for swimming pools, fountains and other wet area applications.
Paragon used the products in the entryway, in each of the restrooms, in the water lines in the pool, in the mezzanine and on a lot of the wainscoting throughout the building. "Everything needed to be waterproofed or have crack isolation. So we chose HYDRO BAN® to use behind all our tile." HYDRO BAN is a thin, load bearing waterproofing/crack isolation membrane that DOES NOT require the use of fabric in the field, coves or corners.
"In the pools," continued Luttrell, "we used 4-XLT, on the water lines we used 254 Platinum, and for the floors, etc., we used the 255 MultiMax. Everything was grouted with SPECTRALOCK PRO Grout. It's a such a strong, high performance product; we couldn't use anything else."
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