SECTION 07 13 52 Modified Bituminous Sheet Waterproofing

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SECTION 07 13 52
MODIFIED BITUMINOUS SHEET WATERPROOFING
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between // ______ // not applicable to
project. Edit remaining text to suit
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PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1.1.1 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes:
1. Modified bituminous sheet material used for exterior below grade
waterproofing and split slab waterproofing.
1.1.1.2 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

A. Comply with references to extent specified in this section.
B. Federal Specifications (Fed. Spec.):
1. UU-B-790A Notice 2- Building Paper, Vegetable Fiber: (Kraft,
Waterproofed, Water Repellent, and Fire Resistant).
C. ASTM International (ASTM):
1. C578-15b - Rigid, Cellular Polystyrene Thermal Insulation.
2. D41/D41M-11 - Asphalt Primer Used in Roofing, Dampproofing and
Waterproofing.
3. D4586/D4586M-07(2012)e1 - Asphalt Roof Cement, Asbestos-Free.
4. D6380/D6380M-03(2012)e1 - Asphalt Roll Roofing (Organic Felt).
D. American Hardboard Association (AHA):
1. A135.4-2012 - Basic Hardboard.
1.1.1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS

A. Conduct preinstallation meeting at project site minimum 30 days before
beginning Work of this section.
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Edit participant list to

ensure entities influencing outcome
attend.
1. Required Participants:
a. Contracting Officer's Representative.
b. // Architect/Engineer. //
c. // Inspection and Testing Agency. //
d. Contractor.
e. Installer.
f. // Manufacturer's field representative. //
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g. Other installers responsible for adjacent and intersecting work,

including substrate and flashing installers.
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Edit meeting agenda to

incorporate project specific topics.
2. Meeting Agenda: Distribute agenda to participants minimum 3 days

before meeting.
a. Installation schedule.
b. Installation sequence.
c. Preparatory work.
d. Protection before, during, and after installation.
e. Installation.
f. Terminations.
g. Transitions and connections to other work.
h. Inspecting and testing.
i. Other items affecting successful completion.
3. Document and distribute meeting minutes to participants to record
decisions affecting installation.
1.1.1.4 SUBMITTALS
A. Submittal Procedures: Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT DATA, AND
SAMPLES.
B. Submittal Drawings:
1. Show size, configuration, and installation details.
C. Manufacturer's Literature and Data:
1. Description of each product.
2. Installation instructions.
3. Warranty.
D. Samples:
1. Waterproofing and Flashing Sheet: 200 mm (8 inch) square, each type
and color.
2. Insulation: 200 mm (8 inch) square.
E. Test reports: Certify products comply with specifications.
F. Certificates: Certify products comply with specifications.
G. Qualifications: Substantiate qualifications comply with specifications.
1. Installer with project experience list.
1.1.1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Installer Qualifications:
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1. Regularly installs specified products.

2. Installed specified products with satisfactory service on five
similar installations for minimum five years.
a. Project Experience List: Provide contact names and addresses for
completed projects.
1.1.1.6 DELIVERY
A. Deliver products in manufacturer's original sealed packaging.
B. Mark packaging, legibly. Indicate manufacturer's name or brand, type,
color, production run number, and manufacture date.
C. Before installation, return or dispose of products within distorted,
damaged, or opened packaging.
1.1.1.7 STORAGE AND HANDLING

A. Store products indoors in dry, weathertight conditioned facility.
B. Protect products from damage during handling and construction
operations.
1.1.1.8 FIELD CONDITIONS

A. Environment:
1. Product Temperature: Minimum 4 degrees C (40 degrees F) for minimum
48 hours before installation.
2. Weather Limitations: Install waterproofing only during dry current
and forecasted weather conditions.
1.1.1.9 WARRANTY
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Always retain

construction warranty. FAR includes
Contractor's one year labor and material
warranty.
A. Construction Warranty: FAR clause 52.246-21, "Warranty of Construction."
SPEC WRITER NOTE:

1. Specify extended manufacturer's
warranties for materials only.
2. Contracting Officer's Representative
must approve specification of a
manufacturer's warranty.
B. Manufacturer's Warranty: Warrant waterproofing system against material

and manufacturing defects and agree to repair any leak caused by a
defect in the waterproofing system materials or workmanship of the
installer.
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SPEC WRITER NOTE: Specify customarily

available warranty period for specified
products.
1. Warranty Period: 10 years.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1.1.1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

A. Waterproofing System: Modified bituminous sheet material for exterior
below grade and split slab waterproofing.
2.1.1.2 PRODUCTS - GENERAL

A. Provide each product from one manufacturer.
B. Sustainable Construction Requirements:
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Specify products

containing greatest recycled content
practicable to maximize material recovery.
See EPA Comprehensive Procurement
Guidelines (CPG) for guidance about
individual products and available recycled
content. Section 01 81 13 sets overall
project recycled content requirements.
1. Insulation Recycled Content:

a. Rigid Foam: 9 percent total recycled content, minimum.
2.1.1.3 BITUMINOUS SHEET

A. Cold applied waterproofing membrane composed primarily of modified
bituminous material prefabricated in sheet form designed for below grade
exterior and split slab waterproofing. Sheet reinforced with fibers at
manufacturer's option.
B. Thickness: 1.5 mm (60 mils), plus or minus 0.13 mm (5 mils), and bonded
to 0.1 mm (4 mil) thick plastic sheet.
C. Provide release sheet to prevent bonding of bituminous sheet to itself.
2.1.1.4 PROTECTION MATERIAL

A. Polystyrene Insulation: ASTM C578, Type I or VIII, 13 mm (1/2 inch)
minimum thickness.
B. Hardboard: AHA A135.4, Service Type, 6 mm (1/4 inch) thick.
C. Waterproofed Building Paper: Fed. Spec. UU-B-790A Notice 2, Type I,
Grade C.
D. Roll Roofing: ASTM D6380/D6380M, Class S (smooth), Type III with minimum
net mass per unit area of roofing, 2495 g/sq. m (51 lbs./100 sq. ft.).
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2.1.1.5 ACCESSORIES
A. Patching Compound: Factory-prepared, non-shrinking, fast-setting,
cementitious adhesive compound containing no ferrous metal or oxide.
B. Primer: ASTM D41/D41M.
C. Roof Cement: ASTM D4586/D4586M.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1.1.1 PREPARATION
A. Examine and verify substrate suitability for product installation.
1. Concrete surfaces cured minimum time recommended by waterproofing
manufacturer.
2. Substrate to be dry as recommended by waterproofing manufacturer.
B. Protect existing construction and completed work from damage.
C. Correct substrate deficiencies.
1. Fill voids, joints, and cracks with patching compound.
D. Clean substrates. Remove contaminants capable of preventing full
adhesion.
E. Priming:
1. Prime concrete and masonry surfaces.
2. Application method, amount of primer and condition or primer before
installation of bituminous sheet as recommended by primer
manufacturer.
3. Reprime when required according to manufacturer's instructions.
3.1.1.2 INSTALLATION - GENERAL

A. Install products according to manufacturer's instructions and approved
submittal drawings.
1. When manufacturer's instructions deviate from specifications, submit
proposed resolution for Contracting Officer's Representative
consideration.
3.1.1.3 WATERPROOFING INSTALLATION

A. Bituminous Sheet Installation:
1. Remove release sheet before application.
2. Lay bituminous sheet from low point to high point so laps shed
water.
3. Treat expansion, construction and control joints and evident working
cracks as expansion joints. Apply bituminous sheet in double
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thickness over joint by first applying a strip of bituminous sheet

minimum 200 mm (8 inches) wide, centered over joint.
4. Lap seams minimum 50 mm (2 inches).
5. Lay succeeding sheet with laps, and roll or press into place.
6. Repair misaligned or inadequately lapped seams according to
manufacturer’s instructions.
7. Seal seams and terminations according to sheet manufacturer’s
instructions.
B. Corner Treatment:
1. At inside and outside corners, apply double cover using an initial
strip minimum 280 mm (11 inches) wide, centered along axis of
corner.
2. Cover each strip completely by the regular application of bituminous
sheet.
3. Provide a fillet or cant on inside corners.
4. Form cants using patching compound.
5. Do not use wood, fiber, and insulating materials for cants.
C. Projection Treatment:
1. Apply a double layer of bituminous sheet around pipes and similar
projections at least 150 mm (6 inches) wide.
2. At drains, apply a bead of roof cement over a double layer of
bituminous sheet under clamping rings.
D. Patching:
1. Repair tears, punctures, air blisters, and inadequately lapped
seams, according to manufacturer’s instructions before protection
course is applied.
E. Permanent Protection:
1. Vertical Surfaces:
a. Install hardboard, polystyrene insulation, or roll roofing
protection material.
b. Extend protection full height from footing to top of backfill.
c. If graded backfill is used, use roll roofing or hardboard.
F. Horizontal Surfaces:
1. Install roll roofing protection under concrete wearing courses.
2. Install roll roofing, hardboard, or polystyrene insulation under
earth backfill.
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3. Where no concrete wearing course occurs or when surfaces will bear

heavy traffic and will not immediately be covered with a wearing
course, use protection specified for vertical surfaces.
G. Temporary Protection:
1. When waterproofing materials are subjected to damage by sunlight and
cannot be immediately protected as specified, protect waterproofing
materials by waterproof building paper or suitable coating approved
by manufacturer of waterproofing system used.
3.1.1.4 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL
SPEC WRITER NOTE: Section 01 45 29,

TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES includes
VA provided testing for large projects and
contractor provided testing for small
projects. Coordinate testing
responsibility.
A. Field Tests: Performed by testing laboratory specified in Section

01 45 29, TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES.
B. Testing:
1. Before any protection or wearing course is applied, test all
horizontal applications of waterproofing with a minimum of 25 mm
(1 inch) head of water above highest point and leave for 24 hours.
2. Mark leaks and repair when waterproofing is dry.
3. Certify, to Contracting Officer's Representative, that water tests
have been made and that areas tested were found watertight.
C. Inspection:
1. Do not cover waterproofed surfaces by other materials or backfill
until work is approved by Contracting Officer's Representative.
3.1.1.5 CLEANING
A. Remove excess adhesive before adhesive sets.
B. Clean exposed waterproofing surfaces. Remove contaminants and stains.
3.1.1.6 PROTECTION
A. Protect waterproofing from construction operations.
B. Remove protective materials immediately before acceptance.
C. Repair damage.
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1.1.1.2 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

1.1.1.3 PREINSTALLATION MEETINGS

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Edit participant list to

g. Other installers responsible for adjacent and intersecting work,

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Edit meeting agenda to

2. Meeting Agenda: Distribute agenda to participants minimum 3 days

1.1.1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

1. Regularly installs specified products.

1.1.1.7 STORAGE AND HANDLING

1.1.1.8 FIELD CONDITIONS

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Always retain

A. Construction Warranty: FAR clause 52.246-21, "Warranty of Construction."

SPEC WRITER NOTE:

B. Manufacturer's Warranty: Warrant waterproofing system against material

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Specify customarily

1. Warranty Period: 10 years.

2.1.1.1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

2.1.1.2 PRODUCTS - GENERAL

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Specify products

1. Insulation Recycled Content:

2.1.1.3 BITUMINOUS SHEET

2.1.1.4 PROTECTION MATERIAL

3.1.1.2 INSTALLATION - GENERAL

3.1.1.3 WATERPROOFING INSTALLATION

thickness over joint by first applying a strip of bituminous sheet

3. Where no concrete wearing course occurs or when surfaces will bear

3.1.1.4 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

SPEC WRITER NOTE: Section 01 45 29,

A. Field Tests: Performed by testing laboratory specified in Section

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