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DEMO FOR THE INSTALLATION OF POLOPPOSTO DEVICE
1. Take the 1:10 scale map of the ground or underground
floor affected by rising damp (each centimetre on the
map corresponds to 100 centimetres in reality) If a
scale map is not available, we suggest you draw one,
considering that each metre of wall corresponds to 1
centimetre on the map. Place the sticker (acetate sheet
with a yellow-coloured ellipse on it) of the Polopposto
device range on a wall drawn on the map, considering
that the hole in the middle is the device location and
bearing in mind that the range of Polopposto is a 14
mt long and 10 mt wide ellipse (see FIG. 1). For proper
functioning, always place the device horizontally, never
vertically.
2. Find the proper location of the device(s) in order for
the range to cover all the walls to be dehumidified (see
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ).
3. Now install the device.
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Once the treatment has been applied, proceed as
follows:
• paint interior walls with limewash or silicate paint;
• protect external walls with silicate mineral or siloxane
paint;
• place baseboard, if any, using silicone or proper glue:
do not use metal nails because they are not compatible
with masonry materials for rehabilitation purposes.
• For finishes or absorbing paints, in case of water-
exposed facades, it is advisable to treat the surface with
nanotechnology-based, fully-breathable, transparent
and non “film-forming” protective coatings.