Jacek Bienkowski Papermill Restoring Papermill Infrastructure: A Success Story with Ecobeton Products In a busy papermill, continuous exposure to water and humidity can lead to significant infrastructure damage, posing ris... 18 May 2024 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Certified Concrete Bridge Protection: What Ten Years of Field Data Shows Protecting the concrete of a structure is a first-order concern - and one that designers and contractors still routinely undervalue. The payback is durability, safety and avoided repair bills. But how... 11 Sep 2023 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski The Cement of the Future: Why We Are Working on Geopolymers There is no point denying it: we love concrete. It was the material of the twentieth century, handled with elegance by Scarpa, Nervi and Le Corbusier, and shaped by countless architects into works tha... 2 Dec 2022 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Bio Wood Varnish: A Mirage, or the Real Thing? You may never have wondered what is inside a wood varnish, or what it does to your health and the environment. But you will have noticed that some treatments last much longer than others. Unfortunatel... 8 Mar 2022 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski How to Repair Concrete Properly: Five Steps That Make Repairs Last Concrete is not eternal - the effects of deterioration are plain to see on many structures. Poor materials, careless placing and no protection lead within a few years to spalling : surface concrete br... 14 Dec 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Rio Storto Farm: Pavishield for a New Livestock Shed When the Rio Storto agricultural business extended its livestock building near Padova in 2021, the contractor faced a familiar problem: new concrete floors and dividing walls that would be washed down... 2 Nov 2021 Ecobeton References
Jacek Bienkowski Microcement Sealers: Getting the Application Right Transparent protective resins are what make a microcement finish fully waterproof in wet areas - showers, bathrooms, kitchen worktops. Choosing and applying the right sealer is where many otherwise be... 8 Jul 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Swimming Pools and Microcement: The Recipe and the Timing It is already too late. Pool works always happen in late spring - exactly when it is too late for a lining to cure properly. That, whatever the material chosen, is the number-one cause of headaches fo... 8 Jul 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Substrate Preparation: The Questions to Ask Before Any Coating Goes Down A careful assessment of the substrate and a considered choice of preparation method drastically cut the risk of failure in any surface renovation. Here are the checks we recommend before applying Ecob... 8 Jul 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski What Is the Best Protection for Microcement? Installing microcement but worried it will not survive your teenager's parties? The architect suggested lining the shower with it, and the thought of cleaning it scares you? Here is a short guide to m... 8 Jul 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Repairing Concrete: Speed Is Not Everything When repairing concrete floors, speed matters - but so do reliability, ease of execution and how long the repair lasts. Plenty of rapid-setting products exist, and each has limitations. That is why we... 15 Feb 2021 Blog
Jacek Bienkowski Bacchella, Ecobeton and Quin: Restoring Old Farmhouses on Elba For a couple of years Ecobeton has been working with the studio Adriano Bacchella Image & Photography on the renovation of old rustic houses and farmhouses on the beautiful island of Elba - specifical... 15 Dec 2020 Blog
