Waterproofing Contractors in Durban
TDS Contractors worked on uShaka Marine World in Durban — a coastal facility combining salt water, high humidity and public-facing finishes. Coastal waterproofing is a genuinely different discipline from inland work, and specifying Highveld systems for a KwaZulu-Natal building is a common and expensive mistake.
What Durban does to a building
Durban's subtropical climate attacks buildings on several fronts at once. Annual rainfall is roughly double Johannesburg's and arrives with sustained humidity, so surfaces stay damp far longer and never get the rapid drying that inland structures rely on. Airborne salt accelerates the corrosion of reinforcing steel wherever the concrete cover is thin or already cracked, which is why coastal work so often turns out to be a concrete repair job with waterproofing over it. Persistent damp also makes substrate moisture content a real constraint: many systems will not bond to a wet substrate, so coastal programmes have to be planned around drying times rather than assuming them away.
Our services in Durban
Our work in and around Durban
Areas we serve around Durban
TDS Contractors works throughout Durban and the surrounding KwaZulu-Natal region, and nationwide across South Africa. Work elsewhere in Africa is undertaken on request.
Design, supply, install, guarantee
- ◆Design — site inspection, CAD drawings and a written specification matched to the building's exposure and substrate condition, covered by professional indemnity.
- ◆Supply — materials from approved manufacturers including Derbigum, ABE, Sika, Prostruct, Darachem, Duo and Poly-Seal, installed by an approved applicator.
- ◆Install — application by qualified field teams, sequenced around occupied buildings and live operations where required.
- ◆Guarantee — quality control sign-off and a 10-year insurance-backed guarantee on completed works.
Other areas we serve
Waterproofing specialists in Durban
Speak to us about specification, guarantees and delivery for your building.