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SEISMIC COLORSEAL - Single Unit, Water Resistant Expansion Joint System for Walls
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SEISMIC COLORSEAL - Single Unit, Water Resistant Expansion Joint System for Walls

A wall expansion joint, Seismic Colorseal (Colorseal*) is a silicone-coated, precompressed primary seal for high-movement wall joints. Seismic Colorseal ensures watertightness in vertical-plane structural, seismic, and abutment joints in virtually any substrate.

Continuity of seal and continuity of thermal insulation throughout changes in plane and direction are hallmarks of Seismic Colorseal. The product’s ability to maintain watertightness when installed at inside corners, and while handling curves and direction changes further sets it apart from rubber-and-rail strip seals. Seismic Colorseal is positively secured without invasive anchors while color-switching makes the product aesthetically versatile.

Seismic Colorseal was developed to restore the function of the building envelope where it is breached by the location of a movement joint. As a result, the performance tests required to certify curtainwall and other building envelope systems are the basis of performance of Seismic Colorseal as well. Seismic Colorseal has been tested to, and exceeds, the requirements of performance tests including: for Water Penetration: ASTM E-331; Wind Loading: ASTM E330; Air permeability: ASTM E283-04; Sound blocking: ASTM E90-09; R-Value: ASTM C518-04; Low-Emitting Material : CDPH/EHLB/Standard Method Version 1.2, 2017; as well as in-house Temperature Stability, Bleeding, Staining & Recovery testing to ensure performance under conditions modeling real life.

Features
• Primary seal
• Watertight
• Airtight
• Insulates
• Non-invasive anchoring
• Low-Emitting Material per CDPH/EHLB V1.2, 2017
• Sound attenuating STC 52; OITC 38
• ABAA Compliant
• Resists hurricane force wind & water
• Low-Tension silicone and foam hybrid sealant
• Rapid installation–new or retrofit
• Aesthetically and practically versatile
• Easily handles changes in plane and direction
• Easily handles curved expansion joints

Uses
• Curtainwall
• Masonry
• Precast
• Metal Panel
• Natural Stone
• EIFS, etc.
• Rough Substrates
• Curved Expansion Joints

Standard Sizes

1/2″ to 10″ | 12mm – 250mm

Note: Sizes under 1 1/2″ (40mm) are manufactured with a single bellows (See Colorseal-On-A-Reel) and are supplied as 10′ lengths on reels. Larger sizes incorporate multiple bellows and are supplied as 6.56′ (2M) long ‘sticks’.

Movement Capability

Total 100% (+50% and -50%) of nominal supplied size.

Color
Full range of industry standard colors 
Custom colors


*Product Update: Decades of successful performance have proved “Seismic Colorseal” to provide functionally equivalent performance to “Colorseal” while offering more movement capability and better price value. As of January 2, 2017 both products will be built the same, feature the same movement capability and will be priced the same. All shipments will be marked “Seismic Colorseal”.

Technical specification
  • Unique ref.seismic_colorseal
  • Product familyWatertight Expansion Joints
  • Product groupVertical Wall
  • TypeObject (single object)
  • Date of publishing2020-04-08
  • Edition number1
Related
  • Material mainSealant
  • Material secondaryFirm Foam
  • Designed inUnited States
  • Manufactured inCanada
Classification
  • BIMobject CategoryBuilding Materials - Waterproofing & Membranes
  • IFC classificationWall
  • Uniclass 2015 CodePr_35_90_27
  • Uniclass 2015 DescriptionExpansion joints
  • CSI MasterFormat 2014 Code07 95 00
  • CSI MasterFormat 2014 TitleExpansion Control
  • OmniClass Number23-13 31 21 19 11
  • OmniClass TitleExpansion and Contraction Joints
  • CSI UniFormat II CodeB2010
  • CSI UniFormat II TitleExterior Walls

Region availability

North America
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint-Barthélemy
Sint Maarten
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
United States