Philadelphia PA Window Caulking and Waterproofing

Window caulking and waterproofing on your commercial window ensures superior weather resistance and durability and helps the glass window system last its full expected lifetime. Maintaining the proper caulk joint from the window frame to the glass or from the window frame to the surrounding substrate is essential to maintaining the integrity of your business.

Identifying Solutions

Cypress Door & Glass has qualified glaziers that can identify water infiltration and address it effectively. Sometimes it’s just one window or a section of commercial glass windows that needs to be caulked and waterproofed. Sometimes it’s all of the windows. The two most common causes of caulk failure that we see are improper installation of the caulk, choosing the wrong caulk, and time. The sun, heat, and cold all have an effect on the caulk deteriorating and keeping your building waterproofed.

When it comes to caulking and waterproofing your commercial building, our professional glaziers bring a quality of service and expertise that is sure to communicate excellence on every commercial window-calling job.

Energy efficiency can also suffer from poor caulking. Proper caulking seals gaps and cracks around windows and doors. By creating an airtight seal, the building interior stays at a more constant temperature and reduces energy consumption or water damage making it safer and more comfortable for those inside the building.

Cypress will assess your current caulk and any water damage that may have happened as a result of bad caulking. We will then come up with a solution to properly remove and reseal your windows. Sometimes a commercial business will have budgetary constraints, so we will replace the caulk in phases making the waterproofing process more affordable over time.

Capabilities

Cypress can assist with the following caulking and waterproofing projects:

Storefront Glass Caulking
Curtain Wall Glass Caulking
Skylight Caulking and Weather Sealing
Glass to Glass
Structural Silicone Glazing (SSG)

Using The Proper Sealant

One of the most common causes to premature water infiltration and leaking windows is substandard caulking. Glazing contractors often use polyurethane rather than silicone sealant.

There are many different types of silicone sealants on the market and Dow 795 silicone has become the gold standard. Depending if the caulking is from glass to glass, glass to masonry, or masonry to masonry, there are different products like Dow 790, Dow 795, and Dow 756 to name a few.

Tremco is another heavy hitter in the glazing sealant industry and they offer a variety of tested options with proven performance with the Tremco Spectrum being the most popular. Most of the structural silicone glazed, or SSG, systems seen during service calls use a Tremco product during the initial glass installation. The makeup of the substrate that needs caulking determines what the best product will be for your water infiltration or leaky window repairs.