Method for installing a flooring surface on a concrete slab or deck base coated with a sealing material

Abstract

A method for installing a flooring surface on a concrete slab or deck base coated with a sealing material to seal the surface and limit the passage of moisture therethrough comprising pouring concrete to create a poured concrete slab or deck base or obtaining a pre-cast concrete slab or deck base, allowing the concrete slab or deck base to cure, cleaning the cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base, testing the cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to determine at least one of its pH, relative humidity, and vapor emission level, applying a layer of a sealing material , curing the sealing material to form the coated, cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base, and installing an athletic, commercial, or residential flooring surface on the coated, cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base.

1 . A method for installing a flooring surface on a concrete slab or deck base coated with a sealing material to seal the surface and limit the passage of moisture therethrough comprising
 pouring concrete to create a poured concrete slab or deck base or obtaining a pre-cast concrete slab or deck base,   allowing the concrete slab or deck base to cure and thereby generate a cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base,   cleaning said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to remove dust and debris,   testing said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to determine one or more of its pH, relative humidity, and vapor emission level,   within five to 35 days or so of the pouring of said concrete slab or deck base or five to 35 days or so of the manufacture or positioning of said cured or partially cured pre-cast concrete slab or deck base, applying a layer of the sealing material on said concrete slab or deck base,   curing said sealing material on said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to form a coated cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base, and   installing a flooring surface on said coated cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base.   
     
     
         2 . A method for installing a flooring surface on a concrete slab or deck base coated with a sealing material to seal the surface and limit the passage of moisture therethrough comprising
 pouring concrete to create a poured concrete slab or deck base or obtaining a pre-cast concrete slab or deck base,   allowing the concrete slab or deck base to cure and thereby generate a cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base,   cleaning said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to remove dust and debris,   testing said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base to determine one or more of its pH, relative humidity, and vapor emission level,   applying a pre-coat on said cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base when one or more of the pH, relative humidity, and vapor emission level is determined to fall outside of pre-determined conditions,   curing said pre-coat,   within five to 35 days or so of the pouring of said concrete slab or deck base or five to 35 days or so of the manufacture or positioning of said cured or partially cured pre-cast concrete slab or deck base, applying a layer of the sealing material on said concrete slab or deck base,   curing said sealing material on said cured or partially cured concrete slab base to form a coated cured or partially cured concrete slab base, and   installing a flooring surface on said coated cured or partially cured concrete slab or deck base.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sealing material comprises a synthetic modified rubber polymer, inert pigments and a hydrophobic silica. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the polymeric material comprises an acrylic latex polymer. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the flooring surface is selected from the group consisting of a fastened wood surface, an anchored wood surface, a suspended wood surface, a styrene butadiene rubber or urethane base pad or pour and a polymeric surface. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the pre-coat is selected from the group consisting of a modified acrylic emulsion, a water borne epoxy coating, a urethane coating, a polyurethane coating, an epoxy ester coating and an epoxy-acrylic hybrid coating. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein a second application of the sealing material is placed atop the first application of the sealing material. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sealing material is VOC free and has a greater than 30% recycled content formulation. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the sealing material comprises a synthetic modified rubber polymer, inert pigments and a hydrophobic silica. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the polymeric material comprises an acrylic latex polymer. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the flooring surface is selected from the group consisting of a fastened wood surface, an anchored wood surface, a suspended wood surface, a styrene butadiene rubber or urethane base pad or pour and a polymeric surface. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the sealing material is VOC free and has a greater than 30% recycled content formulation.