The Cladseal Sealing System combines a 25 mm wide strip profile with a neutral curing silicone.
Cladseal is designed to span a gap of 10mm between the wall and adjacent ledge. Using a neutral curing silicone acts as a flexible sealing material between Cladseal and the adjacent ledge.
Excluding the uppermost surface (x), the inner cavity walls of Cladseal 25 are partially layered with a polythene tape indicated by the green dotted line. Neutral curing silicone will not bond to this polythene tape.
When joint movement occurs between the wall and ledge, the silicone bonded to Cladseal at (x) and to the ledge at (y) comes under tension.
To reduce this build up of tension the silicone must stretch, but to stretch it must first release off the inner cavity walls of Cladseal 25 so a silicone bond breaker is required (according to BS 5385). The polythene tape is our silicone bond breaker and this allows the silicone to release off the inner cavity walls of Cladseal 25 and stretch to reduce the build up of tension.
Elasticity is created through the flexible "bridge" of silicone connecting (x) to (y). This "bridge" of silicone elongates to maintain stress free bonds with Cladseal at (x) and the ledge at (y). The silicone runs continuously through the corner joints, it remains visually concealed and environmentally protected inside Cladseal.
The animation shows us how joint movement between the ledge and wall is accommodated for by the revolutionary use of the neutral curing silicone Sealing System.
Cladseal used with Decos Above
Differential Joint movement is not a problem for Cladseal
