Waterproofing Systems

Excellence in Retaining Wall, Basement & Roof Waterproofing Systems

MRC Africa is the only supplier, installer and maintainer of torch-on, liquid applied and single-ply membrane waterproofing systems in southern Africa, who backs their work with the Guardian™ System Warranty covering materials, workmanship and maintenances for up to ’20 years.’

Waterproofing systems have been used throughout southern Africa for centuries with some of the earliest forms being liquid bitumen and torch-on systems. Over the centuries waterproofing design has developed to consider the project location, building size, shape & height, the operation within the building, wind loads and water management. Waterproofing systems are generally used as a quick, flexible, economic and easy to repair and maintain solution. The vast array of waterproofing systems available in the marketplace provide the specifier with a large range of materials and colours to suit the requirements of the project.

We pride ourselves on setting industry standards and providing unique, innovative, safe to install waterproofing systems – saving money, time and carbon emissions – constantly creating possibilities and pushing the limits.

Installed Waterproofing Systems available for the Commercial, Industrial, Educational & Retail applications:

All of the below systems can be used in new build and refurbishment of retaining wall, basement & roof solutions.

  • Single skin systems applied onto concrete, timber or steel substrates.
  • Insulated systems.
  • Over-roofing refurbishment systems.
  • Green roof systems.
  • Inverted insulated systems.
  • Car park deck systems.

Types of Waterproofing Systems:

  • Derbigum Torch-on Dual Reinforced Waterproofing Membranes.
  • Reinforced Single-Ply synthetic Membranes.
  • Liquid Applied Coatings.
  • Thermal ‘Cool Roof’ Coatings
  • Penetrative SCP Concrete Sealing Coatings.
  • Rust Inhibitor Coatings.

Waterproofing Design:

Although a lot of time can be spent on the specification and choice of materials and colours, one of the important areas which can be neglected is the design of sealing the perimeters, junction points and penetrations. If their is a leak in a building in most cases the perimeter, junction points and penetrations details are the areas that have not be accurately constructed.

The nature of the substrate is important when choosing the correct waterproofing system, as different substrates behave thermally in different ways, which will have a direct impact on the ability of the system to keep water to of the building. In most cases the ‘one size fits all’ fails the long term performance of the building.

MRC Africa Services – Refurbishment & New Build.

We are one of the only specialist building envelope contractors in South Africa, providing a truly ‘Cradle to Grave’ service from inspection of your existing waterproofing system, specification, installation & maintenance, backed with the all-encompassing Guardian™ System Warranty with INCLUDES materials and workmanship.

We provide industry leading expert advice on the materials, systems, installation and maintenance of thermal, acoustic and water-tight systems accompanied with an in-depth specification to suit your design brief and building envelope performance.

MRC is committed to the highest levels of health & safety on-site complete with training local labour to install these revolutionary systems, achieving the best installation standards in Southern africa.

MRC’s excellence in building envelope solutions is backed with an unrivalled single source, up to 20 year ‘Guardian™ System warranty including Materials, Workmanship & Maintenance.