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hodol
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orSt
rengt
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ngEpoxyGr
out

St
ep1–I
dent
ificat
ionofSl
abPanel
sforGr
out
ing
Ident
ifyandmarkthear easforepoxyinject
iongr out
ing.Aft
er
thi
ssur f
acepreparat
ionisdonebygr i
ndingt henthesurface
andiscleanedwi t
hdr yrag.Aft
ercleani
ng,i fcracksarepre-
sentthecracksbecomever yclearandcanbeeasi l
yseen.If
thecracksaredeep,t henthecracksareopenedbyf orming
V-shapedgroove.

as
l
St
ep2–Dr
il
li
ngHol
esf
orNoz
z l
es

c
mi
Dril
lhol
esatleast14mm diameterand50mm deepi ns t
ruc
-
t
uret hr
oughout.Holestobedr il
l
edi nastaggeredmanner
at500t o800mm c /cspacingcoveri
ngadequatelyt
hearea
proposedtobegr outed.Holess paci
ngcanbeal t
eredas
pers i
tecondit
ions.Ifhoneycombingpresenttheninsuch

e
areaiti
stobepl aced@ 6nospers qmt
.

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St
ep3–Sur
facePr
epar
ati
onPostDr
il
li
ngofHol
es
Removecoar sedebrisanddusti ndr i
ll
edhol esbyblowingoilfreecompr essedair,i
favai l
able
withai
rcompressor,otherwisewithhandoper at
edblowoutpump.Concr et
esur f
acesr equired
tobegroutedshal
lbef reef r
om all
looseandunsoundmat er
ialsbymeansofmechani calabra-
sionusi
ngstif
fwir
ebr ushes,afterremovingal ll
ooseareaswi t
hchi selandhammer .
Ar eashal l

o
bemadef reefr
om anydel et
eri
ousmat eri
als,suchasoil,dust,dir
t,etc.bymeansofoi lf
reej et

i
ofcompressedair
.Allpr eparedconcretesurfacesshal
lbet horoughlyinspected

St
ep4–I
nser
tingI
nject
ionNoz
zlesi
nDr
il
ledHol
es r
tuct
I
nser
t12mm diameterTefl
onnozzl
esinholesdr
il
l
edandfix
t
hem byseal
ingonl
yitssi
deswi
thepoxyputt
y(R&M l
evel
-
s
l
i
ngmor t
ar)
.
Con

St
ep5–Pr
epar
ati
onbef
oreGr
out
ing
Blow thecompressedai
rtoensur
er emovalofevenfinedustpar
ti
cl
esfrom t
hecr
ackedsur-
face,whichcoul
dobstr
uctt
hefreeflowofgr outmat
eri
alandi
mpedeitsbondi
ngwi
thcracked
surface.

Not
e: Al
labovet
reat
mentandst
ruct
uralst
rengt
heni
ngneedt
obedoneonconcr
ete.

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ep6–Pr
epar
ati
onofI
nject
ionGr
out
Pr
epar
ethei
nject
iongr
outasunder–
Epoxygroutshal
lbeprepar
edwi t
hrat
ioofbase:curi
ngagentasspeci
fiedint
abl
ebel
ow .I
t
seal
scracksinconcr
eteandincr
easestheflexur
alst
rengt
hoft
hemember .

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cat
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avi
typour
ing/pr
essur
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out
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Floodi
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PotLi
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or500gms
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nti
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lyseal
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ainer

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ng 5kg.30kg

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50

St
ep7–I
nject
ionofGr
out
r
tuc
I
njectt heappr ov edands pec i
fiedgrouti ntothes ec rac k
sby
s
meansofs uit
abl egunorpumpatapr ess ur
eof1- 2k g/cm2
f
orepox ygr out.Inc aseofc racksathor i
z ont
al locati
ons ,the
n
i
njections hallbes tart
edf rom onenippleandc ontinuedunt i
l
t
hei njectedgr outbegi nstofl owoutatt heot herni pple.The
Co

firstnipples hallthenbec los edoffandinjec t

i
onc ontinuedat
t
hes econdunt i
lthegr outfl owsoutatt het hi
rd.Thepr ocess
shallbe r epeat ed untilthe whol e ofthe c rac khasbeen
sealed. Ass oonast hes ys t
em iscured,t henippl ess hallbe
cut.
I
nc ase ofhoney combed area each groutholeshal lbe
groutedindi
viduall
y.Grout
ingpr essurestobeus edint he
workwi l
lvar
ywi ththecondit
ionsenc ount
eredanddi f
ferent
cases and the pressur
e used s hallbe between 1 to4
kg/cm2.Thes equenceofinj
ec t
ions hal
lbeasdec idedby
t
heEngi neer-i
nc hargeatsi
teaspers i
tecondit
i
ons.

Saf
ety: 1)Wear
ingGoggl
es. 2)HandGl
oves. 3)Ful
lcover
edDr
ess.

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