Expansion Joint Blog
A fire rated wall expansion joint, Emshield WFR2 (Wall, Fire-Rated 2-Hours) is watertight, fire-rated, dual-sided and a primary seal for repair, retrofit, and new installation in structural building expansion joints and construction joints in vertical plane wall and head-of-wall applications. Emshield WFR2 is a 2-hour UL-certified fire barrier…
A fire rated wall expansion joint, Emshield WFR3 (Wall, Fire-Rated 3-Hours) is a watertight, fire-rated, dual-sided primary seal for repair, retrofit, and new installation in structural expansion joints and construction joints in vertical plane wall and head-of-wall applications. Emshield WFR3 is a 3-hour UL-certified fire barrier and preformed…
Fire rated wall expansion joint, Emshield WFR1 (Wall, Fire-Rated 1-Hour) is a watertight, fire-rated, dual-sided primary seal for repair, retrofit, and new installation in structural expansion joints and construction joints in vertical plane wall and head-of-wall applications. Emshield WFR1 is a 1-hour UL-certified fire barrier and preformed alternate…
A pick resistant fire rated expansion joint and joint sealant, SecuritySeal SSW2 is watertight, has built-in 2-hour fire resistance, and high-movement for vertical-plane locations requiring a hardened tamper-resistant surface. Walls such as those found in prisons, detention centers, medical and psychiatric hospitals, school facilities and day-care centers are some…
A fire-rated tunnel expansion joint, TFR-RWS is Sika Emseal’s Emshield material confirmed by testing, and additionally affirmed by engineering judgement to meet the requirements of specific tunnel fire rating scenarios including RWS. Fire-retardant-impregnated foam is coated with a high grade sealant coating. The resulting composite is then factory…
A building joint sealant, Colorseal-On-A-Reel (COR) is a cost-effective version of Sika Emseal’s industry-standard Seismic Colorseal precompressed primary seal shipped on a reel for rapid installation into small joints. It ensures watertightness in vertical or horizontal structural and abutment joints in virtually any substrate. Reel-packaging, in contrast to…
A below-grade expansion joint system, BG System can be installed onto the exterior of free-standing foundation and tunnel walls, against the retaining wall (blind-side) on one-sided formed walls, and sub floor joints, prior to casting concrete against lagging or prepared sub floor base. BG System features heavy-duty, extruded…
A joint sealant for building walls and wall systems, Backerseal is an economical, precompressed, secondary joint sealant to field-applied caulking. Backerseal is a polyurethane foam infused with a hydrophobic-acrylic impregnation technology. Unlike ‘double caulk and backer rod’, Backerseal behind field-applied liquid sealants provides true “belt and suspenders” sealing–two systems working…
A seismic expansion joint, the SJS System is watertight and features a trafficable cover plate that is not attached to the concrete deck. It is comprised of silicone-and-impregnated-foam hybrid components that ensure watertightness, absorb sound, dampen vibration and offer uncomplicated installation. Specify SJS-FR for all the benefits of…
A fire rated expansion joint, Emshield DFR2 is a watertight, traffic durable primary seal for repair, retrofit, and new installation in structural expansion joints and construction joints in horizontal-plane applications. Emshield DFR2 is a 2-hour UL-certified expansion joint fire barrier. (For 3-hour fire rating see Emshield DFR3) Emshield DFR2…