Page 28 - SureCav Design Handbook 2018

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Quality Control ● Install DPC and water-seals correctly

Remedials & Repairs ● Repair any holes in the SureCav face
Good site practice ● Avoid pockets where moisture can collect

Ensuring good workmanship at all times by careful site supervision

EPDM seals around windows.

The EPDM seal material has been
wrongly overlapped and could allow
moisture to collect behind the seal.

Care must be taken to carefully seal
with silicon all overlaps. As shown here,
there is an untidy gap that has been
left and should be remedied before
continuing with the outer masonry leaf.
It is good practice to overlap the EPDM
in such a way that moisture can never
be allowed to collect in pockets or run
down behind the seal material. Give
special attention to the vertical joints
and intersections with sills and lintels.

If a small hole is discovered in the SureCav Panel, it can
be easily remedied by applying a double layer of duct
tape over the hole. For larger areas, it may be
necessary to cut out e section of SureCav and insert a
new piece.

In the photo on the right, a section of the SureCav
panel had to be cut away to avoid a supporting
scaffold pole. The easiest way to resolve this, once to
pole is removed, is to cut out the damaged section,
insert new joining strips and a new SureCav panel
section.