In building projects such as prisons, schools, hospitals, municipal buildings, and animal enclosures, the applied sealants need to do more than just protect the facility – they must also protect the inhabitants.
February 2009
Typical construction sealants do not contain the properties needed to prevent idle tampering and vandalism that can endanger children, patients and citizens. Sometimes the vandalism can be as tame as a bored high school student pulling out sealant while waiting for the bus. But more threatening is the growing trend in today’s prisons of inmates using various construction materials, including sealants, to cause bodily harm to themselves or others. In an effort to minimize these risks, Pecora has developed an application manual titled Security Sealant Systems which demonstrates how a systems approach can increase the overall safety of the building.
Pecora’s Security Sealant Systems handbook serves as a reference manual that explains how a systems approach to security sealants allows the applicator to achieve the necessary hardness and strength to significantly reduce the risk of tampering combined with the joint movement levels the building requires. “This handbook assists in determining an intelligent sealant choice depending on both the location of the joint and the substrates involved,” states Roy Cannon, Director of Technical Services for Pecora.
In the majority of building projects, sealants are used solely to protect the building. However, when the building is a daycare, hospital or prison, there is much more at stake. It is important that a sealant cannot be pulled from a joint and eaten by a small child; used by psychiatric patients to hurt themselves, or removed to expose a joint for an inmate to hide a weapon or contraband. Security sealants contain the properties needed to protect those inside.
Dr. David Sandefer PhD, a prominent Clinical Psychologist in Birmingham, AL, states “It is very important for correctional facilities to utilize products such as Pecora’s security sealants when building new cells or modifying existing cells because of the significant safety concerns. There are countless cells in correctional facilities which are in need of such modifications and it is crucial to utilize the proper products such as Pecora’s DynaFlex SC when performing these modifications.”
Often described as “tamper resistant” or “tamper proof”, these security sealants have been specifically engineered offering enhanced hardness properties that distinguish themselves from typical construction sealants.
“Pecora security sealants provide specific solutions that are not possible with conventional sealants,” states Bob Carle, Pecora’s Eastern Regional Sales Manager. “As the industry learns of the value of resistant and tamper proof sealants, we see they are increasingly being used in correctional facilities to protect both inmates and employees, safeguard against vandalism in schools, and ensure safer environments in psychiatric facilities.”
Adds Carle, “These are important products which save lives, no two ways about it.”
To receive a free copy of the Security Sealant Systems handbook, visit your local Authorized Pecora Distributor or send an e-mail request to John Stubblefield at StubblefieldJ@Pecora.com.
Pecora is an American manufacturer of architectural weatherproofing products offering a full line of silicone, urethane and latex sealants specifically formulated to provide superior quality and a wide range of sealant properties for the commercial construction market. Pecora’s sealants are available from authorized weatherproofing distributors throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.Pecora.com.
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Contact: Wendy Freed, Marketing Manager
Pecora Corporation
165 Wambold Road
Harleysville, PA 19438
215-799-7531
