970.240.5971 HOME ABOUT SERVICES PROJECTS BLOG CONTACT TRAINING Sealants You are here: Home / Services / Sealants STOPPING WATER INFILTRATION INTO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND SUBSTRATES WHILE UNDERSTANDING A BUILDINGS NECESSITY TO THERMALLY AND SEISMICALLY MOVE. EXTERIOR SEALANT The main difference between adhesives and sealants is that sealants typically have lower strength and higher elongation than adhesives do. Stopping water infiltration into commercial buildings and substrates while understanding a buildings necessity to thermally and seismically move. Sealant is a substance used to block the passage of fluids through the surface or joints or openings in materials, a type of mechanical seal. In building construction sealant is sometimes synonymous with caulking and also serve the purposes of blocking dust, sound and heat transmission. Sealants may be weak or strong, flexible or rigid, permanent or temporary. Sealants are not adhesives, although some have adhesive qualities and are called adhesive-sealants or structural sealants. Types of sealants fall between the higher-strength, adhesive-derived sealers and coatings at one end, and extremely low-strength putties, waxes, and caulks at the other. CONFINED SPACE SEALANT JOINT SEALANT While caulking fills a gap between two or more substrates. Sealants are used in designed dynamically moving joints. Both form a barrier to keep water out. Sealants can provide thermal and acoustical insulation, and may serve as water or fire barriers. GLAZING SEALANT EXPANSION JOINTS Summit Sealants installs many types of expansion joint assemblies including fire-rated assemblies. HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE DONE SEALANT WORK Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Previous Next 1234 MONTROSE OFFICE (MAIN) 2450 N. Townsend Ave, Montrose, CO 81401 Phone: 970-240-5971 DENVER OFFICE 2000 W Quincy Ave Englewood, CO 80110 Phone: 720-389-8633 GYPSUM OFFICE 336 Spring Creek Circle, Unit 2 Gypsum, CO 81637 SEATTLE OFFICE 4210 B Street NW Suite A Auburn, WA 98001 Summit Sealants