Water company Yorkshire Water is trialling an ‘eco-friendly’ ceramic surface treatment designed to protect its concrete assets at most risk of decay.
Traditionally, the company has demolished and then rebuilt concrete structures once they have reached the end of their lives. But the ceramic surface treatment, from materials manufacturer Haydale, reinvigorates existing assets. It uses alumina and zirconia silicates to renew and preserve concrete surfaces. The dense ceramic polymer wraps around and atomically bonds to all elements in the concrete, shielding the surface from the environment.
Yorkshire Water said the treatment is not affected by wet/dry or freeze/thaw cycles, and does not peel, flake, chalk, or delaminate. As a result, it offers asset preservation and reduces concrete corrosion, stabilising the surface chemistry of concrete and stopping carbonation and environmental exposure-driven erosion.
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