Waterproofing
OF all the water on the planet, only 2pc is fresh, and 1.64pc of it is locked up in the polar ice caps and glaciers.
The remaining 0.36pc comes from underground aquifers and wells.
Of the 0.36pc of the Earth’s accessible fresh water, about 12pc of it is in Brazil, 20pc is in Lake Baikal located in south-central Siberia, another 20pc is in the Great Lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) in North America, 20pc more is in Canada’s river systems and China has about 20pc.
That leaves about 8pc of the 0.36pc of the world’s useable water for the rest of the world.
Hence in Australia, it is vitally important that there is infrastructure to keep our fresh water safe, sanitary and accessible. Within the mining Sector, Danterr have the Hydrophilic range of Waterstops that can keep water free from contamination and safely contained in leak-free water retaining structures.
Danterr is a national concrete and construction products supply company that specialises in waterproofing.
The company sources and distributes market leading products to Australia’s largest mining and construction projects.
Hydrotite is a state-of-the-art hydrophilic waterstop with unmatched durability and water sealing capacity.
It expands as it absorbs water and fills the concrete joining gaps to the concrete variations, ensuring excellent sealing.
Danterr has sold Hydrotite to waterproof everything from sewerage treatment plants to tunnels, pits, pipe penetrations and water tanks.
Another product the company supplies is the Form-Tie Waterstop, which has excellent sealing capabilities and is available in many different sizes, shapes and profiles to suit the form-work form-tie system being used.
It is made of high quality, non-biodegradable compounded hydrophilic rubber that provides long-term durability and integrity.
The waterstops can withstand more than 50m of hydrostatic water head pressure, and can withstand repeated wet-dry cycles.
They can expand up to 400pc when in contact with fresh water, and more than 200pc when exposed to salt water.
Furthermore, no external grout is required to fill the form-tie conduit sleeve hole after the Form-Tie Plug has been positioned, so it is very easy and simple to install.
The Leakmaster hydrophilic gun grade polyurethane waterstop can be used to waterproof areas that are challenging to be easily applied to rough or smooth concrete surfaces, and into inaccessible places that are a challenge for regular waterstop products.
Furthermore, after hardening, it has better physical properties than those of conventional putty type sealants.
Because it is a moisture- cure, one-component water-swelling sealant, it can be easily applied with a standard caulking gun.
Danterr services the mining, infrastructure and construction sectors Australia-wide with nationwide warehousing for optimum turnaround times.