Deep Dive Dubai

DEEP EXPERIENCE FOR A DEEP POOL
Due to its long-time experience in building materials for sports venues and swimming pools, Mapei was involved in the construction works and supplied products for waterproofing the substructure of the building, as well as completing the water features and the indoor and outdoor facilities.

Moisture sensitivity tests were conducted in Mapei laboratories resulting in adhesives of a certain class being recommended. KERAFLEX and KERAFLEX MAXI S1 were chosen as the most suitable adhesives for bonding stone coverings in common areas and outdoor areas. For the installation of mosaic tiles on marine plywood in the changing rooms, KERALASTIC T two-component, polyurethane adhesive was chosen due to the nature of the substrate. The mosaic tiles in the pool were bonded with KERAPOXY adhesive. The special white and yellow gold coloured glass mosaic called for an attractive and high-quality finish, so Mapei proposed a special system made up of KERAPOXY DESIGN decorative, acid resistant epoxy grout, and MAPEGLITTER metallic coloured glitter, to grout joints. As for the other areas of the pool, joints were grouted with KERAPOXY epoxy grout..

WATERPROOFING BELOW GROUND LEVEL
A few viewing galleries of the pool are located deep below the ground level and needed perfect waterproofing. The challenge of these operations, which had to be completed below ground level, were successfully met by using MAPEPLAN TU S, a synthetic waterproofing membrane manufactured by Polyglass (a Mapei Group’s subsidiary), and IDROSTOP PVC BEC 32 ME, a PVC waterstop distributed on the UAE market by Mapei Construction Chemicals.