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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:
Protecting Parking Deck Systems
By Amir Hassan, M.Sc., P.E., P.Eng. These open-to-the-elements structures need precautions. It’s hard to imagine any urban setting without parking garages. Given the limited availability of usable areas in busy cities, parking structures efficiently provide stalls for...
Integral Waterproofing With Crystalline Admixtures
By Vanessa Salvia How do they work and what can they do? Spray membranes and sheet goods can do a great job of protecting concrete. With the addition of a water-repellent sealer, concrete can be very well protected. But these external systems can also be...
Project Spotlight: Atlas Luxury Apartments
The tower is located next to a busy street, and because of this, membranes could not be used. The ProjectThe Atlas is the tallest residential tower in downtown Oakland, California. It comes under the umbrella of Carmel Properties’ portfolio of high-end residences. It...
Project Spotlight: Niagara Falls
Pedestrian decks beneath Niagara Falls are sealed with Thompson’s WaterSeal. There’s a place where the chance of precipitation is always 100% and the winds can gust up to 75 miles per hour. At the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls, protecting its more...
Waterproofing Agricultural Buildings
By Vanessa Salvia Crews marked the locations with spray paint where the CFRP straps would be applied to restore a silo. It’s possible that if all of your agricultural buildings are pole barns, you might not need to worry about waterproofing them. But even...
Residential Below Grade
Protecting a Foundation From Drought
By Vanessa Salvia Periods of drought not only wreak havoc on a home’s landscaping, extreme dryness wreaks havoc on a home’s foundation too. In an age of climate change, some areas are becoming both more wet and more dry, which is a cycle that can cause...
Selecting Dehumidifiers
By Vanessa Salvia Many homeowners select dehumidifiers based on the size listed on the box, which is often insufficient in a real-world basement environment. There are so many different types of dehumidifiers in different sizes and with different features....
Crawlspace Monitoring: The why, the how, and the differences
By Vanessa Salvia Basement Defender products used for the crawlspace encapsulation shown are SilverGlo wall liner on the walls and CleanSpace vapor liner on the top. Visible is a AGM 12V battery, an Aprilaire 1850 dehumidifier, and a Basement Defender...
Commercial Above Grade
Protecting Parking Deck Systems
By Amir Hassan, M.Sc., P.E., P.Eng. These open-to-the-elements structures need precautions. It’s hard to imagine any urban setting without parking garages. Given the limited availability of usable areas in busy cities, parking structures efficiently provide stalls for...
Integral Waterproofing With Crystalline Admixtures
By Vanessa Salvia How do they work and what can they do? Spray membranes and sheet goods can do a great job of protecting concrete. With the addition of a water-repellent sealer, concrete can be very well protected. But these external systems can also be...
Project Spotlight: Atlas Luxury Apartments
The tower is located next to a busy street, and because of this, membranes could not be used. The ProjectThe Atlas is the tallest residential tower in downtown Oakland, California. It comes under the umbrella of Carmel Properties’ portfolio of high-end residences. It...
Structural Repairs
Protecting a Foundation From Drought
By Vanessa Salvia Periods of drought not only wreak havoc on a home’s landscaping, extreme dryness wreaks havoc on a home’s foundation too. In an age of climate change, some areas are becoming both more wet and more dry, which is a cycle that can cause...
Options for Structural Repair Piering, grouting, crack repair, and carbon fiber
By Vanessa Salvia A closeup of Safe Basements's SaberTooth Pier system. In the old days, a contractor would have to dig down outside a house to fix a crack in a foundation. Any plants or structures like a deck would become casualties. Next would come the...
Great Work, Wrong Problem
By Dave Hutcher To seal or not to seal, that is the question . . . I’ll never forget the wonderful couple I met in the fall of 1999. They called me out to their home in central Pennsylvania to see what could be done about water entering their basement...
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