Apparatus for controlling water seepage at a structural interface
AssigneeRobert Jackman
InventorsRobert Jackman, John Dvorscek, Alan Stratton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling water seepage at an interface between a wall supported by a footing and a floor with a side surface adjacent the wall and a bottom surface adjacent the footing using a pliable panel disposed between the wall and the side surface of the floor and between the footing and the bottom surface of the floor to substantially isolate the floor from the wall and the footing. The panel including a water flow path between the wall and the side surface of the floor and between the footing and the bottom surface of the floor, wherein the pliable panel permits expansion and contraction of the floor, walls and footing.
Claims13
Apparatus to prevent water seepage on a floor at a junction of a wall and the floor partially supported by a footing for the wall, and to avoid buckling of the floor as a result of expansion, the apparatus comprising a unitary pliable panel intended to be interposed between the floor and the wall and footing, said panel having a first layer, a second layer, and a series of ribs interposed between the layers to form drain channels from a top to a bottom of the panel to define a water flow path, said panel further comprising a series of slits transverse to the series of ribs and extending through the second layer and at least partially through the series of ribs to render the panel foldable to conform to the surface of the wall and the footing.
Apparatus to prevent water seepage on a floor at a junction of a wall and the floor partially supported by a footing for the wall, and to avoid buckling of the floor as a result of expansion, the apparatus comprising a panel intended to be interposed between the floor and the wall and footing, the panel comprising a first layer with a front side and a back side, and a corrugated spacer layer adhered to the back side of the first layer, wherein the corrugations form drainage channels extending from a top portion of the panel to a bottom portion of a channel to define a water flow path, the panel further comprising a series of slits transverse to the drainage channels formed by the corrugated spacer layer, the series of slits extending at least partially through the corrugated layer, wherein the panel is foldable along one or more of the slits to form a substantially L-shape when the first layer is disposed adjacent the side and bottom surfaces of the floor, and the corrugated layer is disposed adjacent the wall and footing.
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