System and method for arresting deterioration of concrete vehicle parking structures
AssigneeA and T Development Corporation
InventorArthur C. Avril
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for controlling structural deterioration of a vehicle parking structure by arresting deterioration caused by road salt erosion and corrosion of concrete floors and reinforcing steel in that structure. The invention includes spray washing the underside of vehicles prior to entry into the parking structure to remove road salt and thereby reduce road salt corrosive action within the facility. The invention further comprises arresting corrosion due to road salt which already has penetrated the concrete floors within the parking structure by the application of a chemical detergent which neutralizes the road salt that previously has penetrated the concrete.
Claims15
A system for arresting deterioration of concrete floors and reinforcing steel in a concrete vehicle parking structure, comprising:
- means for spray washing vehicle underbodies as vehicles enter said parking structure to remove road salt carried on said vehicle underbodies, thereby preventing deterioration of said concrete floors and reinforcing steel which would otherwise be caused by said road salt being carried into said parking structure, and
- means for periodically applying an effective amount of a detergent formulation to said concrete floors so as to penetrate the concrete, thereby at least partially neutralizing road salt which previously has penetrated the concrete floors in order to arrest structural deterioration of said concrete floors and reinforcing steel caused by road salt previously carried into said parking structure.
A method of arresting deterioration, due to the action of road salt, of concrete floors and reinforcing steel in a vehicle parking structure, said method comprising the steps of:
- spray washing the underbody of vehicles prior to entry into said parking structure to remove road salt carried on said vehicle underbodies, thereby preventing deterioration of said concrete floors and reinforcing steel which would otherwise be caused by said road salt being carried into said parking structure, and
- periodically applying an effective amount of a detergent formulation to said concrete floors so as to penetrate the concrete, thereby at least partially neutralizing road salt which previously has penetrated the concrete floors in order to arrest structural deterioration of said concrete floors and reinforcing steel caused by road salt previously carried into said parking structure.
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