What are the Benefits of Masonry Coating for your Property?

Masonry coating can be a highly effective product that gives your home ultimate protection against weather damage, mould growth, UV rays, chloride from salt, and more. At EcoSpray-Foam Systems, we offer two innovative solutions for your masonry coating needs, secoFLEX and secoTHERM, two products, manufactured by one of the largest companies in the world, which can provide the ultimate benefit to your property.

Some known benefits of masonry coating lie in the fact that it can be waterproof, flexible on application and breathable to prevent mould growth by releasing moisture build-up. When you use secoFLEX or secoTHERM, you are protection your home or building against 6 key problems.

What does Masonry Paint Fix and Prevent?

1. Airborne Pollution

Masonry pores are typically penetrated by airborne substances, such as salt, acid rain, sulphur dioxide, soot, sand, dust and a whole lot more. Your façade, the front of your property, is usually directly affected by airborne pollution. As your property lies facing roads and streets, dirt, chloride and other pollutants are easily picked up and damaging to the face of your property.

However, with the use of masonry paint, you can protect your façade from suffering these penetrating effects and make sure that your exterior walls are protected in the long run.

2. Algal Growth

Algae can easily spread onto your property, via wind and internal growth, algae spreads and damages your exterior walls. Superseded by environmental factors such as temperature, moisture, light and carbon dioxide, algae can spread faster and farther, causing damaging effects on your exterior walls. This can not only damage your property but disfigure its colour, making it look old, warn out and weakened.

The flexibility of secoFLEX can protect your home from algae spreading as it bridges cracks and fissures, with up to 400% elasticity.

3. Efflorescence

Homes located on coastal lines or in areas where roads are frequently salted (especially during winter), the chloride from the salt can greatly affect your walls, causing them to flake and crumble. The salt dries out on your façade, concentrates, and forces the plaster to start flaking and peeling off.

Luckily, when coated with secoFLEX or secoTHERM you can prevent the effects of salt and chloride on your home.

4. Cracking

If your exterior walls begin to crack, further damage can penetrate your property, weakening the structure and ruining your façade and walls. Cracking can lead to water penetration, frost damage, and provide a suitable area for mould growth. Whether you have hairline cracks or web-like cracks, they need to be addressed otherwise the long-term effects will be very damaging.

The elasticity of masonry paint can make sure your cracks and fissures are protected and bridged, precenting further damage and sealing them off to unwanted further issues, such as mould growth.

5. Spalling

Spalling is a sign of poor adhesion. If your property is coated incorrectly, perhaps not to the optimum standards of masonry coating application, then internal stresses in paint can lead to unwanted cracks forming. Once your property has cracks, airborne pollution, water, mould growth and other nasty surprises are likely to build up in them.

Masonry wall coating can protect cracks from forming and keep your properties free of moisture build up and signs of mould, algae and more. Additionally, secoTHERM can also aid to the thermal performance of your property, benefiting you from a protection point of view and thermal point of view.

6. Blistering

If your property is subjected to regular temperature change and excessive moisture absorption, then you could be facing blistering problems. Certain locations where extreme temperatures are frequent, from one end of the spectrum to the other, cycles of warming and cooling, your façade and walls will be exposed to blistering, especially in the weakest areas of your substrate.

Make sure to protect against issues caused by temperature and prevent your façade from being a breeding ground for moisture absorption and mould growth. This can easily be prevented by investing in a quality masonry coating product for your exterior walls.