Expansion joint installation guide: choose, prepare, install, and maintain. Includes guide spacing, anchor design, checklists, and links to deeper resources.

Find useful guidelines here to Expansion Joint installation and maintenance, to ensure correct installtion and troublefree operation.

Installation of Metal Expansion Joints. Prior to any welding or grinding wrap the bellows with a fire retardant blanket. This will prevent any damage from weld spatter. Using the correct filler metal and …

Animated installation videos show the basic steps for installing expansion joints. An expansion joint is a mid-structure separation, or gap, deliberately design to divide the entire...

Horizontal/Vertical Installation - Expansion joints installed where metal flanges are in a horizontal position are first brought to the level of the flanges, then slid into place.

Wabo® Expansion Joint Systems Installation Manuals Library. Here you can find Installation Procedures (PDF files) for each product we offer.

Where a shut-off valve, reducing valve, check valve or any mechanical pipe fitting is installed in the expansion joint line, check with the manufacturer to be certain the pipe fitting can take the expansion …

Expansion joints should be located as close as possible to the anchor points. If an anchoring system is not used, it is recommended that control rods be installed on the expansion joint to prevent …

Detailed instructions on how to install metal, rubber, PTFE and fabric expansion joints. View the installation guide here.

Make necessary adjustment of loose flange before welding. Install joint with arrow pointing in the direction of flow. Install single Van stone liners, pointing in the direction of flow. Be sure to install a …