Application Focus - Building & Construction - Market Spotlight

Structural Assembly

Structural assembly of articles such as doors, windows, etc. usually occurs in a factory or assembly facility. These adhesives and sealants will be covered in the Industrial Assembly Portal. However, structural assembly is sometimes required at the...
Ceiling

Adhesives are used to adhere ceiling tiles for indoor application although these are often mechanically fastened in place (drop-in types) with grid systems for reliability and easy removal. Ceiling tiles are often acoustical panels. These tiles can...
Concrete

Adhesives and sealants for concrete, cement, and plaster cover a wide range of construction applications. In the case of spalled or deteriorated concrete, the user may wish to rebuild the structure or recoat a new surface. The surfaces to be bonded... (1 Member Reaction)
Facade

Facades are exterior walls made from bricks, stucco, or other construction or decorative materials. The adhesives or sealant used must be resistant to weathering and temperature cycling. Hydraulic mortars and pitch-based mortars are commonly used as...
Flooring

Floor coverings are fabricated from asphalt, vinyl, rubber, cork, and ceramic materials. These floor coverings are laid directly on wood, concrete, and metal subfloors. The choice of adhesive is part dependent on the composition of the floor covering...
General Caulking and Sealing

There are many different applications for sealants in construction. In this industry sealants are used for perimeters of wall and roof openings, filling cracks, sealing tub and shower stalls, etc. The major applications can be characterized broadly...
Joint Cementing and Grouting

Joint cements and grouts are used to seal the space between tiles, panels and other building materials. Hydraulic cements are often used for concrete and ceramic tile substrates, but these are often blended with polymeric resins for improved...
Pipe, Wire, and Cable

Thermoplastic pipe joints are generally bonded with a solvent-based adhesive consisting of a blend of solvents and several percent of the polymer being bonded. Thus, there are PVC, ABS, and CPVC pipe cements.Reactive adhesives such as epoxies are...
Roofing

Roofing is one of the largest applications for adhesives and sealants in the building and construction industry. Roofing cements are mainly asphalt or coal tar based materials, but synthetic rubber based adhesives are also used. In residential...
Sewage and Pipe

Pipe lines are used to transport water, gas, steam, hot air and sewage. Generally, no adhesive or sealant is necessary. The pipelines are constructed by welding, screw thread connections or fitted connections, such as bell and spigot joints. (For...
Structural Glazing

Structural glazing is the use of a sealant as an adhesive for attaching a glass panel or any panel to a structure. Common panels are metal, glass, precast composites and insulating glass panels. The panels are often assembled in a plant where a...
Wall Covering

Wall coverings include wallpaper, vinyl film, and various forms of tile. Adhesives for paper wall coverings are generally purchased as dry powders to be mixed with water or as water dispersions. Heavier weight wall coverings are generally based on...
Laminates

Laminates used in the building and construction industry consist of both rigid (reinforced plastic) and flexible (paper and film) types. Rigid laminates are used in the building and construction industry for a variety of purposes including paneling...
Non-structural

Non-structural adhesives in the building and construction industry are usually in the form of pressure sensitive tape. In most applications the choice of the backing material is as important as the choice of the adhesive. For permanent applications,...
Paneling

Elastomeric adhesives are used to bond panels to wall studs or flooring to joints. Generally, the adhesive is applied as a mastic on the stud or joist. The "panel" substrate may be gypsum board, plywood, decorative laminate, or other building...