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Last modified: March 12, 2010


Watertight Above-Grade Wall Joints--Product Selection Guide:  

Application Joint Sizes Description Product Product Image
Secondary Seal to Field Applied Liquid Sealant

1/4"  to  1 1/4"
(6 - 30mm)

Note: BACKERSEAL can be made for joints up to 12", however, it is typical to use COLORSEAL or SEISMIC COLORSEAL in joints greater than 1 1/4".

Provides true "belt-and-suspenders" redundancy.  With BACKERSEAL behind field-applied liquid sealant you have two systems both providing watertightness but using different principles of performance.

Unlike with "double caulk and backer rod" this means that installation actions and forces likely to cause one system to fail are not likely to cause the secondary system to fail.

BACKERSEAL Precast concrete wall joint recieves precompressed joint sealant--BACKERSEAL by EMSEAL

Liquid joint sealant applied over EMSEAL BACKERSEAL in precast tilt-up joint.

Structural Joints in Exterior Walls--Primary and Secondary Seal in Single Product, 50% Movement
 

3/8"  to  12"
(8 - 300mm)

 

+25% and -25% Total 50% of nominal size movement capability. Colored silicone bellows weather facing. Tensionless, non-invasive anchoring.
100% free of wax or asphalt

COLORSEAL

Wall joint sealant follows changes in plane, waterproofs, insulates free of invasive anchors--COLORSEAL by EMSEAL

Structural Joints in Exterior Walls--Primary Seal 100% Movement
 

3/8"  to  12"
(8 - 300mm)

+50% and -50% Total 100% of nominal size movement capability. Colored silicone bellows weather facing. Tensionless, non-invasive anchoring.
100% free of wax or asphalt
SEISMIC COLORSEAL High-movement wall joint sealant integrates aesthetically, insulates, follows joint changes--SEISMIC COLORSEAL by EMSEAL
Limited Depth Vertical Plane Joints:
 

1"  to  12"
(25 - 300mm)

Narrow-Width Parapets, both sides sealed with custom depth, double or triple-sided silicone bellows. SEISMIC COLORSEAL DS (Double Sided) Joint sealant seals both sides of wall components in single step--SEISMIC COLORSEAL DS by EMSEAL
Curtain Wall and Window Wall:
 

1"  to  12"
(25 - 300mm)

Stair-Towers, Lobbies, Elevator Towers both sides of mullion to wall joints sealed in single install. SEISMIC COLORSEAL DS (Double Sided) Joint sealant seals both sides of wall components in single step--SEISMIC COLORSEAL DS by EMSEAL
COLOR Coordination to Substrate Changes

3/8"  to  12"
(8 - 300mm)

Both COLORSEAL (50% total movement) and SEISMIC COLORSEAL (100% total movement) can be ordered in colors to coordinate with changes in substrates. COLORSEAL

SEISMIC COLORSEAL

Expansion joint sealant is color coordinated to match brick and precast in walls--COLORSEAL and SEISMIC COLORSEAL by EMSEAL
Curved Expansion Joints 3/8"  to  12"
(8 - 300mm)
Both COLORSEAL (50% total movement) and SEISMIC COLORSEAL (100% total movement) can be installed so as to follow curves in joints in either around columns or in outside radii. COLORSEAL

SEISMIC COLORSEAL

Curved expansion joints sealed and insulated free of invasive anchors--COLORSEAL and SEISMIC COLORSEAL by EMSEAL
Fire-Rated Expansion Joints 1"  to  6"
(25 - 150mm)
UL Tested and Certified 2-hour Fire Rated single unit expansion joint. Watertight and energy-efficient, sound dampening. Coated both sides in choice of 26 colors. EMSHIELD WFR2

 

Pick-Resistant and Fire-Rated Expansion Joints 1"  to  6"
(25 - 150mm)
Pick/Tamper Resistant and UL Tested and Certified 2-hour Fire Rated single unit expansion joint. Watertight and energy-efficient, sound dampengin. Coated both sides in choice 2 colors. EMSHIELD SECURITY SEAL

 

Pick Resistant and Fire Rated Expansion Joint-SecuritySeal from EMSEAL

Watertight Below-Grade Wall Joints--Product Selection Guide:
Below-Grade Walls-Positive Side Accessible:
 

3/8"  to  12"
(8 - 300mm)

For freestanding walls below grade with installation access from positive side. 20H SYSTEM Expansion joint system for below grade joints--20H SYSTEM by EMSEAL
Below-Grade Walls-Blind Side:
 

2"
(50mm)

For joints in blind-side or single-side formed walls against lagging.

BG SYSTEM  

Interior Wall Joints
Interior Wall Joints:
 
SEE INTERIOR JOINT SELECTION GUIDE Snap in wall joint cover for interior expansion joints from EMSEAL
Pick-Resistant and Fire-Rated Expansion Joints 1"  to  6"
(25 - 150mm)
Pick/Tamper Resistant and UL Tested and Certified 2-hour Fire Rated single unit expansion joint. Watertight and energy-efficient, sound dampengin. Coated both sides in choice 2 colors. EMSHIELD SECURITY SEAL Pick Resistant and Fire Rated sealant for wall expansion joints
Fire-Rated Expansion Joints 1"  to  6"
(25 - 150mm)
UL Tested and Certified 2-hour Fire Rated single unit expansion joint. Watertight and energy-efficient. Coated both sides in choice of 12 colors. EMSHIELD WFR2

Continuity of Seal:  Making expansion joints watertight in cross-section is easy.  Where joints will leak is at transitions in plane and direction as well as at transitions between dissimilar joint seals.

EMSEAL provides axonometric details for treatment of both transitions within and between its systems.  Detailed and installed in accordance with these details, EMSEAL warrants its joint systems to be watertight at all transitions.

Expansion joints and precompressed joint sealants by EMSEAL

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