Installation Guide

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This guide was created to provide installation guidance

on how to properly install sealant. The goal is to

minimize sealant installation failures due to incorrect

joint design and sealant selection. It is as important

to correctly design the joint to maximize performance

as it is to install the sealant properly.

INSTALLATION GUIDE

SEALANT

STEP ONE:

ANALYZE JOINT MOVEMENT

Allowing for joint movement is necessary, because all

substrates will move due to temperature expansion and

contraction. Joint movement measurement is critical to

determine the type of sealant to use, or if the sealant is

capable of performing as expected.

Depth =

1/2 width

Low area

of stress

Backer rod

(25% wider than gap)

Large area of

adhesion

*Minimum width

and depth = 1/4”

Maximum

depth = 1/2”

AVOID THREE-SIDED ADHESION

IDEAL SEALANT BEAD

SHOULD NOT HAVE AIR POCKETS

Summary of content (6 pages)

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