Industry

The waterproofing properties of bitumen make it an ideal sealant, filler or adhesive, whatever the scale of the project from dams, reservoirs and canals to domestic roofs and floors.

The waterproofing properties of bitumen have been recognised for thousands of years and used for a range of hydraulic applications including:
 

• canal lining;
• reservoir lining;
• dam construction;
• sea wall construction;
• coastal groynes; and 
• lining leisure lakes.

Large-scale
The two principal properties that make bitumen ideal for industrial applications are its impermeability and the fact that it is chemically inert. One great advantage of asphalt is that it can be laid on a dam or reservoir face in a continuous manner, thus eliminating joints which can become points of weakness and cause leaks.

Small-scale
Shell Bitumen is applied in the form of mastic asphalt for roofing, flooring, paving or tanking and is capable of out-performing and outlasting all other comparable materials used in such applications.

In the DIY market, a variety of bitumen based sealants, fillers and adhesives are available to householders from the roof to the basement.