Skip to content
Get a Quotation
Product finder & solution guides

What problem are you solving?

Systems, finishes and data sheets you can specify, zone by zone from basement to roof.

  • 72 step-by-step solutions
  • 22 project types
  • 12 building stages

Showing for: Architect Clear ✕

For the architect

  • Complete system build-ups for each building zone
  • Finish options: coloured epoxy grout, decorative floors, facade coatings
  • Data sheets and the standards they cite, for the specification
  • Facade, glazing and fire-rated joint choices
  • Specification text that matches the data sheet
Basement section with a membrane on the outside face of the wall and under the floor slab, facing the groundwater. Basement waterproofing from outside (positive side) 7 steps Flat roof section with an exposed coating on the slab, turned up and over the parapets and into the drain outlet. Exposed roof waterproofing 6 steps Planter section: waterproof layer, root barrier, drainage layer and soil with plants, draining to a roof outlet. Green roofs, roof gardens and planters 5 steps Outside wall in section with tiles on orange adhesive and a sealed movement joint at floor level, with rain falling External wall and facade tiles 6 steps Building facade panels with orange sealed joints, and a close-up of one joint with sealant over a foam rod in the rain Facade joints (concrete, block, precast and cladding) 7 steps Two double-glazed panels meeting at an aluminium mullion, sealed with orange silicone, with rain outside Glazing, curtain walls and shopfronts 6 steps

Choose the problem

Most asked for you first.

Section through a wall with damp soil behind it: water seeps in and rises in the wall, leaving a tide mark and flaking paint. Water leakage & seepage Damp walls, seelan, leaking basements, tanks or bathrooms 14 products Roof slab section: rainwater ponds on a torn waterproofing layer, runs through a crack and drips from the ceiling below. Roof leakage Chhat leakage, wet ceilings after rain 6 products Joint between two panels moving apart: the sealant has torn away from one side and rain gets in through the gap. Leaking or open joints Expansion joints, gaps around windows and façades 5 products Floor tiles on adhesive dabs: two tiles have lifted into a tent over a hollow gap, found by tapping for a hollow sound. Tiles coming loose Hollow-sounding or cracked tiles, failed tile bond 4 products Basement below the water table: water pressure grows with depth and pushes in through a wall crack and the wall-floor joint. Ground water coming in Basements and foundations below the water table 4 products Concrete floor worn by forklift wheels: the surface skin is gone along the tracks, exposing stones and raising dust. Dusty or worn floors Factory and warehouse floors that dust or wear 5 products Slump test: a stiff mix holds the cone shape; after adding an admixture the mix flows out flat, measured against a rule. Better concrete mix (admixtures) Workability, strength, pumping, ready-mix 29 products Concrete beam with spalled cover exposing rusted steel bars, cracks along the bar line, honeycombing and broken pieces below. Damaged or spalling concrete Broken edges, honeycombing, exposed steel 12 products Concrete beam bending under heavy load, with vertical cracks underneath at mid-span and diagonal cracks near the supports. Strengthening concrete Higher loads, structural strengthening (engineer advice needed) 11 products Damaged pocket in a concrete slab being filled with repair mortar, with a stopwatch for fast setting and a snowflake for cold. Fast-setting concrete & repairs Quick turnaround, cold weather 4 products Threaded anchor rod set in resin in a drilled hole, holding a steel plate under an upward pull, breakout cone dashed. Anchoring & fixing Rebar, bolts and base plates into concrete 4 products Vibrating machine on a base plate held up only by shims and bolts, with an empty gap above the concrete foundation. Grouting gaps under plates & machines Base plates, machine foundations 3 products Wall with a window: diagonal cracks run from the window corners, plus a vertical crack and a crack monitor fixed across one. Cracks in concrete Cracks in slabs, beams or walls 2 products
Know where the work is? Step-by-step solutions by location → Building something new? What you need at each stage → Problem not listed? Describe it on WhatsApp →

Pictures: MCT technical illustrations (schematic, not to scale). Solutions are drafts pending technical sign-off.