Apparatus and method for treating by injecting a fluid treatment material
into the bodies of porous structures such as those formed from concrete,
brick, stone, marble, and wood. The apparatus for use in the method
includes an applicator head having an inner chamber and an outer chamber
surrounding the inner chamber both of which chambers are connected with a
vacuum source. The inner chamber is also connected with a source of
pressurized liquid treatment material. The method is non-invasive in that
the fluid treatment material impregnates the porous structure without the
need to break open, destroy, repair, or replace any part of the
structure, and includes the steps of engaging the structures with the
applicator head, drawing a vacuum on at least the outer chamber to secure
the applicator head to the structure, and supplying the pressurized
liquid treatment material to the inner chamber to and onto the surface of
the structure to impregnate the structure to be treated.