National Archives
Maryland
Date: 2007, 2014
Products Used
A horizontal expansion joint, Horizontal Colorseal ensures watertightness in structural, seismic, and abutment joints in non-trafficked decks of cast-in-place, precast or post-tensioned concrete. It combines a factory-applied and cured silicone bellows with a hydrophobic-acrylic-impregnated expanding foam sealant backing. It is watertight, odorless,…
Horizontal Colorseal Product Details
A parking deck expansion joint system, Thermaflex consists of extruded thermoplastic-rubber sealing glands with punched flanges embedded in a high-strength, flexible, impact-absorbing elastomeric concrete nosing material (Emcrete). The thermoplastic-rubber sealing glands are heat-weldable, making transitions through changes in direction and plane not…
Thermaflex® Product Details
A wall expansion joint, Seismic Colorseal (Colorseal*) is a silicone-coated, precompressed primary seal for high-movement wall joints. Seismic Colorseal ensures watertightness in vertical-plane structural, seismic, and abutment joints in virtually any substrate. Continuity of seal and continuity of thermal insulation throughout changes…
Seismic Colorseal® Product Details
Related Projects
EMSEAL Goes Deep on Expansion Joints for Massive Port Allen Lock Project Imagine having to replace and install expansion joints in a massive public works structure with a very small window of time to complete the job. A temporarily drained river lock with…
Crowning Achievement–Horizontal Colorseal Serves and Protects a Precious Dome Clinton County, Ohio: In 1996, the stunning plaster interior of the dome of the Clinton County Courthouse was under attack–from water. Previous attempts to seal the dome using traditional caulk and backer-rod materials and…