Building chemicals, as the name implies, are chemicals that are used in various construction activities. These chemicals have a wide functional scope in construction. They can be used on ongoing construction projects to speed up work, on new construction projects, to repair and modify existing buildings, or to enhance durability and provide adequate strength to structures. Building chemicals are used in conjunction with various building materials on construction sites to improve operability, increase efficiency, add efficacy, protect any part of a structure or to speed up construction work.
Building chemicals comes with a range of products such as additives, flooring chemicals, mortars, sealants, waterproof chemicals, as well as chemicals used in structural repair, restoration and maintenance. When talking about polymers, they are the vital group of raw materials and are popular in all construction chemical formulations. According to “M. Shetty” (author of Building Technology), the types of building chemicals are:
