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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
The Crawlspace: Link to A Healthy Home
By André Lacroix A fact you won’t soon forget: Human beings breathe up to 70,000 times per day. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tells us that “the air in the average American home is a minimum of five times (and can be as much as 100...
Below Grade Waterproofing 101
By Kevin Smith Selecting the appropriate below-grade waterproofing solution for your specific project and unique conditions is not always an obvious choice. A wide variety of issues must be considered in order to make the proper selection — basically the...
Growing a Basement Business
by Vanessa Salvia Any waterproofing company that isn’t looking at basement structural repair is missing out on a huge opportunity. Basements offer an opportunity for not only the homeowner to expand their usable living space, but for the waterproofing...
Commercial Above Grade
Waterproofing Alternative Construction Cobb, Straw, Wood Chip Block
By Vanessa Salvia Rain screen furring strips installed over plastered straw bale wall just before vertical siding is installed. Plant-based materials such as fibers made from straw, have been used as building materials for thousands of years. It wasn’t...
Cool Roofing
By Vanessa Salvia Just as wearing light-colored clothing on a hot, sunny day results in a cooler feeling on your skin, cool roofs can make any building feel more cool on a hot, sunny day. A cool roof is one that has been designed to reflect more sunlight...
Empire State Building Waterproofing Renovation
By Vanessa Salvia For the first time in the Empire State Building’s history, the entirety of each fin is uniformly coated with a silver waterproof paint. One of the most iconic buildings in the nation, if not the world, received a much-needed facelift. A...
Structural Repairs
Commercial Carbon Fiber
Carbon fiber is a truly remarkable material. Its tensile strength is about ten times stronger than steel, yet it weighs only one-fifth as much. Because carbon fiber will not stretch or break— even under incredibly high tension—it is rapidly gaining...
Sealing Cold Joints with Waterstops
Waterstop is a material that is embedded in the concrete, across the concrete joint, to obstruct the passage of water through the joint. A waterstop installed in concrete joints is an important component of the overall waterproofing design. Use of a...
Continuous Automated Rooftop Leak Detection
Electronic leak detection technology can now be automated to monitor roof membrane performance continuously. Leaky roofs are a serious but surprisingly common problem. The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) estimates that up to 40% of flat...
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