[Building Expansion Joint News, Views, and Technologies] http://www.emseal.com RSS Feed for [Root Web]. Blog: News, Information, Observations--Structural expansion joint and sealant products, applications and performance from EMSEAL's perspective. Blogs/EMSEALBlog.htm PROD\ntsl601597 9/2/2010 12:26:07 PM About structural expansion joint and sealant products, applications and performance from EMSEAL's perspective. Fire-Rated Expansion Joints Perform Many Duties--Life-Safety, Waterproofing, Insulating and Sound Dampening Knowledge/ManyUses/ManyUsesFireRated.htm PROD\ntsl601597 8/6/2010 11:03:10 AM Fire-rated expansion joints must perform a wide range of funstions--Life-Safety, Waterproofing, Insulating and Sound Dampening are now achievable in single-install, multi-function products. Expansion joints resist hurricane force winds and water--EMSEAL SEISMIC COLORSEAL in independant test to ASTM E283, E330 and E331 Knowledge/WindLoads/ExpansionJointWindLoadTests.htm PROD\ntsl601597 9/3/2010 9:00:12 AM Expansion joint resists hurricane for winds and water; and has air permeability well below Air Barrier Association of America requirements. SEISMIC COLORSEAL by EMSEAL tested to ASTM E283, E330, and E331 The Hidden Pitfalls of Buried Band-Aid Joint Sealing in Plaza and Split-Slab Deck Waterproofing Knowledge/BuriedBandAids/MigutanVSBuriedBandAids.htm PROD\ntsl601597 9/3/2010 8:55:15 AM Sweeping Plaza Deck Expansion Joints Under the Rug--The hidden pitfalls of buried band-aid joint sealing solutions. Successful Expansion Joint Sealing--Collaborative 3-D Design, Detaling, Construction, Fabrication, Installation Knowledge/3-DEJTreatment/Collaborative3DDesign.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:05 PM Successful Expansion Joint Treatment--Collaborative, 3-D Design, Detailing, Construction, Fabrication, Installation. Watertight Stadium Expansion Joints--A Collaborative Process Yields Watertight Results Knowledge/StadiumJoints/StadiumsLeak.htm PROD\ntsl601597 9/3/2010 8:57:46 AM STADIUMS LEAK--But is there an alternative? Working together to achieve trouble-free expansion joints. Benchmarks of Performance for High-Movement Acrylic-Impregnated, Precompressed Foam Sealants in Consideration of Alternatives Knowledge/AcrylicVsWax/AcrylicVsWaxBased.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:04 PM Benchmarks of Performance for High-Movement Acrylic-Impregnated, Precompressed, Foam Sealants When Considering Substitutions ADA Americans With Disabilities Act and Expansion Joints Knowledge/ADA/ADAandExpansionJoints.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:50 PM ADA Americans With Disabilities Act and Expansion Joints Parking and Plaza Deck Expansion Joints--Products: Aggregate Loading in Parking Deck Expansion Joints Knowledge/AggregateLoading/AggregateLoading.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:58 PM Aggregate Loading in Nosing Materials of Parking Deck Expansion Joint Systems Joint Sealant as Part of Air Barrier Assembly Knowledge/AirBarrierAssemblyJointSeals/AirBarrierAssemblyJointSeals.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:06 PM Expansion joint and joint sealants in air barrier assemblies. All penetrations of the air barrier and paths of air infiltration/exfiltration shall be made air tight. Coated, closed-cell foam sealants--not comparable to impregnated, precompressed sealants. Knowledge/ClosedCellVsPrecompressedOpenCell.htm PROD\ntsl601597 6/28/2010 12:39:37 PM Compression set limits peformance of lightweight, coated closed cell sealants offered as alternatives to precompressed, acrylic-impregnated benchmark products. Joint Seals, Expansion Joints and Sealants by EMSEAL - The Common Law of Business Balance Knowledge/Common_Law/The_Common_Law_Of_Business_Balance.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:06 PM The Common Law of Business Balance Sealing Curved Expansion Joints--Possible, Practical, Routine Knowledge/CurvedJoints/CurvedExpansionJoints.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:11 PM EMSEAL specializes in providing continuity of seal in construction related expansion joints. Addressing expansion joints on a radius are a unique capability of EMSEAL. Parking and Plaza Deck Expansion Joints--Products: Evolution of Parking Deck Expansion Joint Seals Knowledge/ExtrudedSealEvolution/EvolutionofExtrudedSeals.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:48 PM The Evolution of Extruded Parking Deck Expansion Joint Seals Exterior Wall Joint Sealants--Is There A Gap In Your Air Barrier Design? Knowledge/GapInAirBarrierDesign/GapInAirBarrierDesign.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:16 PM Is There a Gap in Your Air Barrier Wall Design? --Overlooking joint sealing where it really matters--in the structural backup wall. General Contractors Role in Ensuring Watertight Expansion Joints and Construction Sealants Knowledge/GCRole/GeneralContractorEJRole.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:10 PM The General Contractor's Role in Ensuring Watertight Expansion Joints and Joint Sealants Expansion Joints in Hospital and Healthcare Facilities Knowledge/HealthCarePointLoad/HealthcarePointLoads.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:45 PM More than Just Bridging the Gap: Selecting Floor Expansion Joints for Hospital and Healthcare Traffic Conditions Waterproofing Moving Joints With Hybrid Construction Sealants Knowledge/HybridSealants/HybridSealants.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:01 PM Overcoming Product Limitations: Waterproofing Moving Joints With Hybrid Sealants Integral Nosing/Gland Parking Deck Joints -- Not New, Not Watertight Knowledge/IntegralNosingGland/IntegralNosingGland.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:48 PM "Integral-Nosing-And-Gland" Joint Systems Can't Handle Three-Dimensional Movement Demands "Pre-cured-Caulk-And-Backerblock" Not New, Not Equal to EMSEAL's COLORSEAL Knowledge/PreCuredCaulk/COLORSEALvsPreCuredCaulk.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:13 PM "Pre-cured-Caulk-And-Backerblock" Not New, Not Equal to EMSEAL's COLORSEAL Exterior Wall Expansion Joints--Thermal Rating of Structural Wall Expansion Joints Knowledge/R-ValueInJointSealants/ThermalRatingofStructuralJoints.htm PROD\ntsl601597 6/29/2010 3:29:30 PM R-Value as a primary criteria for Product Selection. Are Expansion Joint Selection Decisions Costing Your Client a Fortune? Adhesion Tests of Silicone Sealant Bands to EMSEAL Epoxy 820 at Various Stages of Cure in use on expansion joint systems Knowledge/SiliconeToEpoxyBond/SiliconeToEpoxyBonds.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:03:44 PM EMSEAL Knowledge Base: R-Value as a primary criteria for Product Selection. Are Expansion Joint Selection Decisions Costing Your Client a Fortune? Snow Plowing of Expansion Joints by EMSEAL Knowledge/SnowPlowing/SnowPlowingEJs.htm PROD\ntsl601597 1/26/2010 12:04:10 PM Snow Removal and Maintenance of Parking, Plaza and Stadium Expansion Joints Exterior Wall Expansion Joints-Sound Attenuation at Structural Wall Expansion Joints Knowledge/SoundAttenuation/SoundAttenuationInEJs.htm PROD\ntsl601597 5/20/2010 3:56:57 PM The Sound of Silence--Attenuating Sound at Structural Expansion Joints. Walls sealed with EMSEAL impregnated foam sealants feature sound transmission coefficients virtually equal to that of the solid wall.