Star quality behind tiles
Berlin subway station Südstern
Products used
Star quality behind tiles
Berlin subway station Südstern
The vibrant Berlin district of Kreuzberg is home to the subway station Südstern, opened in 1924. After more than 80 years of subway operation it was time for an extensive renewal, which took place between 2010 and 2011; the objective was a fundamental repair and providing handicap accessibility. Focus of renovation of the area behind the track: the severely damaged walls. Here the aim was to remove the existing tiles and a large part of the concrete substructure to create a stable substrate layer for the new covering. The idea of the concept was, after a rough concrete repair of broken out areas, to attach the required surface compensation by anchoring a reinforcement to the substrate. For the respective pretreatment of the substrate, the injection resins PCI Apogel PU and PCI Apogel E were used; this allowed optimal grouting of cracks with limited elasticity. Next, reinforcement meshes made of stainless steel were applied, and the prepared concrete surfaces sprayed in wet spray process with the light repair mortar PCI Nanocret 70. To ensure absolute evenness, the areas were then reworked with the cladding reinforcing concrete compound PCI Nanocret 10 in wet spray process – the perfect basis for a new ceramic covering.
Date
24.10.2012
Task
Modernisation of area behind tracks: Renovation of concrete substructure of severely damaged walls, and application of new tile covering
City
Berlin
Completion
2012
Size
978 m²
Products used
PCI Apogel® E, PCI Apogel® PU, PCI Nanocret 70, PCI Nanocret 10
Specialist advice
PCI applications adviser Wolfgang Dehmel, PCI specialist adviser Rainer Bernhardt
Owner
City of Berlin
Company
HEWA Bauconzeptgesellschaft mbH, RT Bautenschutz GmbH, Fliesen Michael, Berlin
Your contact for inquiries:
PCI Augsburg GmbH
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Telefon: 0821 5901-0
Telefax: 0821 5901-416
E-Mail: pci-info@pci-group.eu
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