DURAHIT^® WS816

Highly swellable joint waterstop

Item No. 3990

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

DURAHIT® WS816 is a water swellable waterstop used for waterproofing of construction joints in concrete constructions. Typical application fields besides others are as follows:

§  Waterproofing of construction joints between different concrete pours
§  Waterproofing of saw cut joints
§  Waterproofing of pipe penetrations
§  Waterproofing of the wall-slab joint

DURAHIT® WS816 is characterised by the following benefits:
§  1 000 % (Vol.) swelling capacity, fully reversible for an unlimited number of cycles
§  Dimensional stable, no wash-out like with bentonite waterstops
§  Retarded swelling, volume increase starts several hours after water contact
§  Swelling pressure of > 2 bar, strong resistance against hydrostatic pressure
§  Resists 20 m water pressure acc. to EN 12390-8

WORKING PRINCIPLE

DURAHIT® WS816 is a waterstop that swells under contact with water. It is applied on the previous concrete pour into the centre of the construction or expansion joint.