Although the problem of water penetration occurs only after the curing process, it is very important that during the curing process enough water is supplied to the cement for its hydration. Otherwise,a phenomenon called “Die of thirst” will occur.

This process is illustrated in figure 6.

A well-defined amount of water is needed to allow the cement to react with the soil during curing process.

If this amount of water is decimated, through
evaporation, the cement will not be able to react properly with the soil.

Big clusters will then be formed in the pavement structure, which weaken the strength of the road structure. Consequently, it causes cracks and potholes in a severe form after loads.

Within Renolith WSS, additional water is stored (see figure7) to avoid the “Die of thirst” phenomenon. Because Renolith is distributed professionally that the
necessary water is available throughout the whole system, to avoid the above mentioned structural weakness.

If necessary water for the binding process is lost because of evaporation or insufficient supply, the additional water will be supplied completely from Renolith WSS.

With the feature, the binding process of the cement can be completed properly without having any clusters. That means, no cracks and no potholes will occur. The renolith water storage will control the humidity of the road base and keep it at its optimum. This minimises the shrinkage of the road base.

Now you can see that Renolith based roads have more resistant against cracks than normal roads and have a lower shrinkage during curing time, which results in a longer durability and again less need of maintenance.