Rainscreen Façade
This material, often used in dynamic facade joints, exhibits low modulus and high elongation to accommodate thermal and structural movement.
What is Silicone Sealant?
This component of a glazed curtain wall system is a horizontal or vertical member that supports the glass and transfers loads to the building structure.
What is a Mullion?
This waterproofing material, kept in a kettle at temperatures 350 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, often used on plaza decks, split slabs, and below grade foundation systems.
What is Hot-rubberized Asphalt?
what is Hot-applied waterproofing?
what is HRAW?
In EIFs installation, this technique process involves using a coarse tool to smooth and level the insulation board surface before applying the base coat.
What is Rasping?
Far more common than its predessecor, mulit-layered roofing systems, these systems includes materials like
Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO), Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC), Ethlyene Proplylen Diene Monomer (EPDM), and more.
What is a Single-ply roofing system?
This type of membrane is applied monolithically, and cures to form a seamless waterproof barrier on a building facade.
What is Fluid Applied Weather Barrier?
This type of glazed curtain wall system is pre-assembled in a factory and installed as large panels, reducing on-site labor and improving waterproofing at joints.
Unitized Curtain Wall?
This component, often embedded in horizontal waterproofing systems like traffic coatings, helps distribute loads and prevent cracking in the underlying concrete substrate.
What is What is reinforcing fabric?
This term describes the process of water seeping through a foundation due to hydrostatic pressure.
What is seepage (or infiltration?)
This insulation material, commonly used in commercial roof's tapered insulation plans, provides high thermal resistance and is often installed in rigid boards.
What is polyisocyanurate (polyiso)?
In facade transitions, this component is sometimes used to bridge gaps between exisiting structure to new construction. while maintaining a watertight seal.
What is an Expansion Joint?
This ASTM standard is commonly used to test the water penetration resistance of exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors under static or dynamic pressure.
What is ASTM E1105?
This term /phrase in horizontal waterproofing refers to a layer of traffic coating incapable of accepting anymore slip resistant material.
What is Broadcasting to Refusal?
This technique involves remediating foundation cracks and sealing them against water intrusion without demo work.
What is epoxy or polyurethane grout injection?
This technology, used in high-performance commercial roofs, and plaza deck wateproofing systems, monitors leaks by detecting electrical conductivity in the membrane.
What is Electronic Leak Detection?
What is ELD?
What is ASTM D7877-14?
This type of waterproofing system, often used in high-performance facades, combines a vapor-permeable barrier with a drainage plane to manage both liquid water and moisture vapor.
What is a Rainscreen System?
This term for a high-performance glazing unit, often found in curtain walls, consists of multiple glass panes separated by a spacer filled with desiccant and sealed with a secondary sealant to enhance thermal performance and prevent moisture ingress.
What is an insulated glazing unit (IGU)?
This high-performance fluid-applied waterproofing material, often known for its rapid curing, durability, stability between dissimilar materials. Sometimes used as a transition material between dissimilar materials.
What is PMMA / PUMA?
(Polymethyl Methacrylate) + 100 points?
This specialized system is in constant usage 24/7/365 to actively remove water collected from a foundation’s drainage system during heavy rains.
What is a sump pump drainage system?
This rating system evaluates a commercial roof’s ability to resist wind uplift forces.
What is FM (Factory Mutual) Aproval?
This advanced facade technology adjusts tint or opacity in response to sunlight, optimizing energy efficiency and occupant comfort.
What is electrochromic glazing?
In high-performing curtain wall systems, this colloquially term / component refers to a specialized aluminum extrusion that enhances water deflection and engages the curtain wall unit above. Sometimes referred to as the "head of a domestic fowl".
What is a "Chicken Head"?
This ASTM standard, used to evaluate plaza deck waterproofing systems, tests the membrane’s ability to resist water penetration under prolonged ponding conditions, simulating heavy rainfall.
What is ASTM D5957 (Flood Test)?
This high-performance system uses a pre-applied, fully bonded membrane that integrates with concrete during pouring, ensuring a seamless waterproof barrier.
What is a Blindside waterproofing system?
In high-performance fully tapered commercial roof design, the minimum insulation thickness for a specified system is typically found at this location, where water is channeled for drainage.
What is edge of Primary Drain Sump?