Say goodbye to leaks before they even start! Here George explains how we install Sika waterbar, one of the many ways we waterproof basements.
Sika Waterbars are the secret weapon for creating 100% watertight concrete joints in basements, tunnels, and foundations.
Installed directly in the formwork before pouring, these waterstoppers ensure a long-lasting seal that protects your structure from water ingress.
Precise placement = ZERO compromise.
📍 Perfect for:
✔️ Retaining walls
✔️ Basements
✔️ Underground tanks
✔️ Water treatment plants
Protect your concrete, protect your investment.
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[Published: 6 Aug 2025]
Transcript
Right guys, so very quick video just Right guys, so very quick video just show you one of the ways that we seal up show you one of the ways that we seal up our basements between concrete our basements between concrete connection joints. So we are using here connection joints. So we are using here we are using our see water bar.
So this we are using our see water bar. So this is the water bar here. A little sample is the water bar here.A little sample here.
I'll just show you how we install here. I'll just show you how we install it on the wall. So we bond it to our it on the wall.
So we bond it to our wall using our S2 which is already in wall using our S2 which is already in this gun here. So I'll chuck that down this gun here.So I'll chuck that down there. So in between the joint there in there.
So in between the joint there in the reinforcement we'll put a nice thick the reinforcement we'll put a nice thick layer of this S2 on like that. That's layer of this S2 on like that. That's our glue if you like for holding the our glue if you like for holding the water bar in place.
So, I've got a tiny water bar in place.So, I've got a tiny little piece here just to show you. So, little piece here just to show you. So, this water bar then gets stuck into that this water bar then gets stuck into that nice and tight.
If you'd imagine that's nice and tight. If you'd imagine that's a full strip down the down the whole a full strip down the down the whole connection detail there. This water bar connection detail there.This water bar then seals, goes off nice and hard, then seals, goes off nice and hard, stays where it is, protect it from the stays where it is, protect it from the weather because we don't want it to get weather because we don't want it to get wet until we're ready for it to get wet.
wet until we're ready for it to get wet. It stops any water migration coming from It stops any water migration coming from the outside of the slab through it. So, the outside of the slab through it.
So, as you imagine, the water that might as you imagine, the water that might migrate in here then stops, hits this migrate in here then stops, hits this water bar, and that's our gasket. So, water bar, and that's our gasket.So, that's how we seal up water from our that's how we seal up water from our connection details in the concrete connection details in the concrete joints.