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The stories and features in the magazine are geared toward hardworking contractors and small business owners who need relevant information, written in plain English, applicable to his business and jobsite.
WATERPROOF! Magazine reaches virtually every segment of the waterproofing industry. Coverage includes:
Residential Below Grade – Spray-applied foundation sealants, self-adhered sheet goods, footing drain tiles, dimple membranes and sump pump systems, crack repair, carbon fiber straps, piering, basement finishing, crawl-space, mold remediation, and moisture management.
Commercial Above and Below Grade – Subway tunnels, wastewater treatment plants, all facets of commercial and industrial waterproofing, underslab barriers, crystalline admixtures, polyurea coatings, curtain grouting, waterstops, blindside, above-grade air barriers, joint sealants and more.
Commercial Roofing – Single-ply, built-up, and ballasted roofing, reflective cool roofing, electronic leak detection, vegetated “green roof” systems, and spray-on coatings.
In the Current Issue:
Residential Below Grade
Dealing with Drainage Avoid Penny-Pinching, Avoid Foundation Drainage Problems
By Dan Calabrese Drain sheets like this dimple membrane relieve hydrostatic pressure and increase the reliability of waterproofing. In foundation waterproofing, as with most things, prevention is far more effective than correction. So if your objective is...
Sump Pumps Under the Stage
By Clark Ricks A significant portion of concert hall at Sonoma State University sits below grade and below the water table. An innovative dewatering system had to be developed to keep the building dry. Here, Christopher Dinno explains foundation construction to a...
Fixing Failing Poured Wall Foundations
By Melissa Morton Resistance or push pier systems use the weight of the building to push the piles into the ground until they reach bedrock. Whether they break from soil settling, roots, hydrostatic pressure, or plain old deterioration, concrete...
Commercial Above Grade
Cool Roofing: Reflective v. Planted
Two totally different roof systems are described as “green” roofs. Vegetated, or garden roofs, are built like a ballasted roof system, using lightweight growing medium to hold the membrane and insulation in place, and are typically planted with...
Fluid-Applied Roof Coatings
Requiring just a fraction of the time, effort, and cost of traditional roofing systems, liquid-applied roof membranes offer similar performance and longevity. Over the past decade or two, liquid spray-applied roofing membranes have been one of the fastest...
Waterproofing Sports Stadiums
New and renovated stadiums, such as this soccer arena in Berlin, Germany, pose many daunting challenges. This particular structure was built for the 1936 Olympics. Its restoration included waterproofing nearly 100,000 yards of concrete and protecting the...
Structural Repairs
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