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The Venetian Waterways, Great Yarmouth

The Venetian Waterways, Great Yarmouth

Kiesol MB MB 2K RM Funcosil FC

After years of neglect, the Grade II listed tourist attraction in the heart of the seaside town of Great Yarmouth was restoerd to its former glory with a £2.7m restoration. National lottery and government funding allowed the previously derelict site to rediscover its charm of the late 1920’s where it bought a taste of far away lands to the UK after World War I.

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Construction project:
Facade restoration / natural stone Waterproofing buildings - special areas
Building type:
Other public buildings
Short description
The lake itself had been drained since 2014 but had significant cracking and deterioration on the slab joints. In order to have a succesful restoration, the lake needed to become watertight again. The solution was available using Remmers MB2K waterproofing in conjunction with Waterstop B240 banding. WHY? The existing joint filler material within the lake was bituminous in nature. MB2K adheres excellently to both new and old bitumen coatings, without the need to abrade or mechanically prepare them, a critical advantage in this instance. Removal or the existing damaged fillers would have been a time consuming and costly excercise. Having waterproofed the lake bed and walls, extensive restoration then took place on the stone staircases and planters around the site. Colour matched restoration mortars and Funcosil hydrophobic treatments were used extensively.
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Date / completion:
2019
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