20 St James Street, Piccadilly

Client: J Coffey
Role: Specialist Subcontractor

Scope

Design of the Waterproofing Works
Cavity Drainage System
Waterproof Rendering

Details

Re-waterproofing to 1,360m² of walls and 875m² of floors
Soffits and archways protected with Delta MS500 Cavity Drainage
Designed to keep the original profile of the basement and vaults

20 St James Street, Piccadilly underwent a complete transition including a change of use from vaulted wine cellars to habitable office space.

Before: Ornate Vaulted Roof

Before: Long term Water Ingress Damage

Before: Vault Detail to be Retained

This complex basement area had to be fully re-waterproofed whilst retaining it’s original architectural features.

Cemplas’ brief was to design the waterproofing works package based on retaining original details. Our design included a range of approaches each one designed to combat a different problem.

Delta’s MS500/MS20 Cavity Drain Membrane systems were installed allowing any moisture to be drained behind the membrane in a controlled fashion. Aluminium profiling bars were fixed into watertight plugs to facilitate subsequent fixing of two 6mm layers of plasterboard prior to finishing.

Sika 1 Waterproof Render incorporating Sikadur Combiflex was applied to the internal faces of the perimeter walls with RIW’s Toughseal applied to the concrete floor.