Protect Your Concrete from Denver's Harsh Winter Freeze / Thaw Cycles
Does the Magnesium Chloride CDOT uses on the Roads Affect Your Denver Home's Concrete Surfaces?
Yes, it does. As your drive on the road in winter, the magnesium chlorie accumulates on your car. When you car is in the driveway and garage, the snow, ice and water on your car melts and lands on your concrete. The magnesium chloride causes a chemical change in the concrete resulting in damage.
The magnesium ions accumulate and react with the cementitious compound calcium- silicate-hydrate converting it to magnesium-silicate-hydrate (or a mineral called brucite), which is non-cementitious in nature. In other words, a fundamental major mineralogical product of solidified concrete has now been chemically altered (completely changed). Formation of magnesium-silicatehydrate breaks down the “glue” that binds aggregates together and concrete surfaces begin to deteriorate. The net effect is we now have a chemical and physical attack that concrete is not designed to withstand, nor be subjected to.
-From a report by Peter. G. Snow, FACI entitled "Magnesium Chloride as a Road Deicer: A Critical Review
Alpine Companies uses a product to seal your concrete and protect it from magnesium chloride and other chemical and environmental damage during Colorado's harsh winter freeze / flaw cycles.
Concrete Clean & Seal Service Special: $1.50 per square foot.
Contact Alpine Companies for more information and to schedule your Concrete Seal & Repair Service.
Call Alpine Companies at 303-797-8908
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Alpine Companies is a licensed Colorado safety certified company. Before any project begins, we
complete a walk through and draft a job-specific safety plan for all on site personel to follow. Alpine also includes the installation and removal of all safety zone materials needed to complete your project as well.