How to Install Divvy Plugs | Step-by-Step Guide by Our Construction Director George
In this video, he walks you through the installation process of plugging the holes step by step. In this example we're using a product from Sika. The plugs are an important step in making sure your basement stays water tight!
Whether you're a builder, contractor, or DIY enthusiast, this quick guide will help you install Divvy Plugs safely and efficiently.
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[Published: 4 Sep 2025]
Transcript
Right guys, another little video I Right guys, another little video I thought we'd do just a little update on thought we'd do just a little update on uh how we uh look at waterproofing the uh how we uh look at waterproofing the holes that we purposely put in the holes that we purposely put in the formwork in order to support our formwork in order to support our shutters before we go. So we use these shutters before we go. So we use these things called divvy sleeves.
So the things called divvy sleeves. So the divvy sleeve is what we use within the divvy sleeve is what we use within the formwork and then our bars go through formwork and then our bars go through clamp together and that holds our clamp together and that holds our shutter sides up um for when we pour our shutter sides up um for when we pour our concrete. Obviously as you can see that concrete.Obviously as you can see that leaves us a hole through the middle of leaves us a hole through the middle of our concrete pour.
So part of the our concrete pour. So part of the protection that we use for that and to protection that we use for that and to stop our waterproofing issues or any stop our waterproofing issues or any waterproofing issues we have is we use waterproofing issues we have is we use our seeker swell on the outside of the our seeker swell on the outside of the divy sleeve which you can see here. So a divy sleeve which you can see here.
So a nice bead of that round there that then nice bead of that round there that then gets cast into the concrete. So that gets cast into the concrete.So that seals any water migration from the seals any water migration from the outside. Inside we use our divvy plugs.
outside. Inside we use our divvy plugs. Now these are a product from Seeker Now these are a product from Seeker themselves.
They're a really good themselves.They're a really good design. Basically a rubber grommet with design. Basically a rubber grommet with a bolt through the center.
We slide that a bolt through the center. We slide that within our divvy sleeve here. Use one of within our divvy sleeve here.Use one of our socket sets.
Push it in. Find the our socket sets. Push it in.
Find the center. Always good to mark that. center.Always good to mark that.
Tighten it up. That then plugs the hole Tighten it up. That then plugs the hole within that plugs here.
This is before within that plugs here.This is before we put it into the divvy tube there. And we put it into the divvy tube there. And then once we use the ratchet or the then once we use the ratchet or the socket to tighten it up, you can see how socket to tighten it up, you can see how much they compress and expand.
So that much they compress and expand. So that is a nice tight fit within there to stop is a nice tight fit within there to stop any water from migrating through. I'll any water from migrating through.I'll show you quickly on site over here.