Brisbane

Waterproofing priced by the square metre, named to the Standard.

Internal wet areas, balconies and decks, roofs and podiums, basement tanking and remedial leak repair across Brisbane.

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★★★★★4.9 · 160+ reviews

Lic. QBCC 0000000 · Public liability to $20M

A cross-section of a waterproofed wet area: the membrane turning up the wall, the bond breaker at the junction, the fall to the drain, and water beading on the sealed surface
10yrMembrane workmanship warranty, in writing
QBCC licensed · AS 3740 / 4654
AS 3740 / AS 4654
tested and certified
QBCC 0000000
Lic. + insured
Insured
to $20M
4.9★
160+ reviews
Warranty
10-yr on the membrane
10 yron the membrane, in writing
AS 3740 / 4654tested and certified, QBCC licensed
16 yrsin business locally
4.9 / 5from 160+ reviews

Our response promise

A written, itemised quote within one business day, and we answer the phone.

We turn up when we say we will, and we never leave an enquiry sitting. A leak gets looked at fast, because a leak does not wait.

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Why homeowners pick us

Booked solid on proof, not promises.

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Why waterproofing goes wrong

Three things nobody tells you, and the leak they leave you with.

You cannot get a price, only a lump sum

Every other waterproofer hands you a vague lump sum and hides the system entirely. Waterproofing is genuinely estimable: it is the area, by what is being waterproofed, by the membrane and the coats. So we put an honest per-m² range on the screen first, named to the Standard. Then we inspect and pin the exact figure.

Nobody names the Standard

Internal wet areas are waterproofed to AS 3740, balconies and roofs to AS 4654, and the Standard sets the coats, the bond breakers and the falls. Most quotes treat it as a footer or leave it off. We name it on the page, because it is the only way you can check the job is the same one you are comparing.

The cheap fix cracks and leaks again

A low number usually means a single coat where the Standard needs two, no bond breaker at the junctions, and no flood test. It looks done the day the tiles go on and it leaks again within a year or two, which means paying twice. We detail it to the Standard, flood-test it, and warrant the membrane for 10 years.

Before anyone visits

See a real per-m² price, named to the Standard, then book the inspection.

Pick what you are waterproofing, the area and the system, and get an honest supplied-and-installed range in under a minute, named to AS 3740 or AS 4654. It is free, it stores nothing, and it runs in your browser. It is a guide range, not a quote: the site inspection pins your exact number.

Proof, recent work

From a stained ceiling to a flood-tested membrane.

The same Murarrie strata balcony before remediation, with tiles bubbling along the cove and efflorescence staining the wall below Before
A finished AS 4654 strata balcony in Murarrie, the fall to drain corrected and the cove detailed under the door threshold After
Failed strata balcony re-membraned to AS 4654, Murarrie. A second-floor strata balcony in Murarrie, the tiles staining the wall below and the falls ponding. Stripped to the substrate, the fall corrected, the upturns and the drainage detailed, re-membraned to AS 4654 and certified.
The same Newstead bathroom before, the original wet area tired with cove staining, lifted silicone and a back-fall away from the drain Before
A finished AS 3740 internal wet area in a Newstead high-rise apartment, the floor sloping cleanly to a tiled-in linear drain After
Newstead high-rise wet areas, six bathrooms to AS 3740, Newstead. A six-apartment refit in a Newstead high-rise, every bathroom waterproofed to AS 3740 with bond breakers detailed and each one flood-tested before the tiler returned, certificates handed over for the body corporate.
The same Hamilton Queenslander roof before, with a cracked galvanised flashing, lifted seal and rust-streaked staining down the parapet Before
A finished AS 4654 parapet flashing detail on an older Hamilton Queenslander, the upstand reworked and capped After
Hamilton Queenslander, roof flashings and parapet to AS 4654, Hamilton. An older Hamilton Queenslander with a leaking flat-roof addition and weeping parapet, the flashings reworked and the parapet capped with a liquid membrane to AS 4654, the staining inside dry through a full wet season.
How it runs

From the inspection to the certificate in your hand, step by step.

The flood test is a real step, not an afterthought. It proves the membrane holds before anything goes on top.

SEALLINE / WET-AREA WATERPROOFING DETAIL How a compliant membrane goes down, and holds CONCRETE SUBSTRATE DRAIN UPTURN 150 mm min BOND-BREAKER FILLET 1:80 FALL TO DRAIN FLOOD TEST, HELD AS 3740 / FLOOD-TESTED 01 / Substrate prep + prime 02 / Coat 1, to AS 3740 03 / Coat 2 + upturn 04 / Bond-breaker fillet + 1:80 fall 05 / Flood test, held
1

Inspect and diagnose

We look at the job and, for a leak, trace where the water is actually getting in, because the stain is rarely under the source. We check the falls, the substrate and the detailing before we quote anything.

2

Strip out and prepare

Where the old membrane or tiles have failed, we strip them back. Then we grind, repair cracks, and prime the substrate, because a membrane is only as good as what it is stuck to.

3

Detail the junctions

Bond breakers at the wall-to-floor corners, the upturns to height, the penetrations and wastes sealed in, and the fall to the drain set right. The junctions are where a wet area moves and where it leaks.

4

Apply the coats

The membrane system to AS 3740 or AS 4654, the number of coats the Standard needs, each cured before the next. We name the system and the coats on the quote, and apply exactly that.

5

Flood test

We plug the wastes, flood the area, and leave it to confirm the membrane holds water before anything goes on top. The test is the proof, and it is a real step, not an optional extra.

6

Certify and hand over

We issue the compliance certificate for the work and hand over the membrane warranty in writing, so your builder, certifier and insurer have the paperwork the job needs.

What signed-off waterproofing names

Seven lines.
Every one certified.

A waterproofing quote that names the Standard it answers to, the membrane that goes down, and the test that proves it. Not a number by text.

“$1,200 all in” by text Seven lines, every one certified.
Compliance pack AS 3740 internal  ·  AS 4654 external
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The Standard, named on the quote AS 3740 for internal wet areas, AS 4654 for external decks and balconies, named on the quote so you can hold us to it.
Cert. QBCC 0000000 · AS 3740 / 4654
Why our quote looks different

What an honest waterproofing quote names, line by line.

A vague lump sum with no m², no membrane system named and no coats is the warning sign, not the number itself. Here is everything that is in ours.

The 7-line quote
  1. 1 The area, by the square metre. The price broken down by the m² and the area, not one round number for "the waterproofing". A shower recess, a bathroom and a balcony are different jobs, and the quote should show it.
  2. 2 The Standard it has to meet. AS 3740 inside a wet area, or AS 4654 outside on a balcony, deck or roof, named on the page. The Standard is what sets the coats and the detailing, so naming it is the honest part of the quote.
  3. 3 The membrane system and product. Cementitious, liquid-applied or sheet, and the actual product named, not "we will seal it". The system is chosen for the exposure and the substrate, and you should see which one you are paying for.
  4. 4 The number of coats. How many coats, because the most common cheap shortcut is one coat where the Standard needs two. It is invisible the moment the tiles go down, so it belongs on the quote.
  5. 5 Prep and any strip-out. The substrate prep, and the strip-out of failed tiles or membrane where it is needed, as their own line. Prep is a real cost before any membrane goes down, never folded into a round number.
  6. 6 The flood test and certificate. The flood test that proves the membrane holds water, and the compliance certificate a licensed waterproofer issues. The test is the difference between it looks done and it is proven.
  7. 7 The membrane warranty. The 10-year membrane workmanship warranty in writing, alongside the manufacturer system warranty. The cover a cheap operator will not put on paper, because they cannot stand behind a rushed job.
If a quote doesn’t show these lines, you can’t compare it, and you don’t know what’s been cut.

What you get from us

  • Named membrane system and coat count
  • Built to AS 3740 or AS 4654
  • Bond breakers and falls detailed
  • Substrate prepped and primed first
  • Flood-tested and certified
  • Membrane warranty in writing

Cowboy tells

  • "We will seal it." No system named
  • No Standard named on the quote
  • A coat straight over the junctions
  • Straight over a dusty or cracked surface
  • No flood test, it just looks done
  • Cash job, no warranty in writing
What 'named to the Standard' means in section

The anatomy of a compliant wet-area install.

The membrane turning up the wall a full 150mm, the bond breaker at the junction so the substrate can move without tearing the membrane, fall to the drain to AS 3740, and water beading on the cured surface. Each of these is a line on the quote, and a step on the flood-test certificate.

Cross-section of a waterproofed wet area: substrate, membrane turning up the wall, bond breaker at the junction, fall to drain, and water beading on the sealed surface
Drawn to the spec we hand you in writing. The certificate references each labelled element.
Honest scope

A leak re-seal, a full wet area, a whole building, or below ground. We will tell you which you need.

Option A

Re-seal or make-good a leak

A leaking shower, a balcony weeping through the grout, or a single junction gone. We diagnose the source, then re-seal or make-good the membrane, often without a full strip-out where the substrate is sound.

Right when: a contained leak through joints or a junction, on sound structure.
Wrong when: the membrane underneath has failed across the whole area.
$450 to $2,500
Most common

A full wet area, balcony or deck

A bathroom, ensuite, laundry, balcony or deck waterproofed to AS 3740 or AS 4654 before the tiles go on. The substrate prepped, the junctions detailed, the coats applied, then flood-tested and certified. The job we do most.

Right when: a renovation or new build that has to be done to Standard and certified.
Wrong when: a single junction just needs a re-seal.
$900 to $6,000
Option C

Roofs, podiums and whole buildings

Exposed and buried membranes on roofs, podium decks, trafficable terraces and planters, to AS 4654, coordinated with the builder or body corporate. Our commercial and strata path.

Right when: a building, a podium, or several areas as one package.
Wrong when: a single residential wet area or balcony.
$6,000 to $40,000+
Option D

Basement and retaining tanking

Below-ground tanking for basements and retaining walls, built to hold back negative water pressure with a cementitious or specialised system, not painted over and hoped for.

Right when: a damp basement or retaining wall holding back ground water.
Wrong when: an above-ground surface that just sheds water.
$3,000 to $20,000
Guarantee in writing

Three layers, and what each one covers.

The membrane workmanship layer is the one a cheap operator will not put on paper, and the one we lead on.

Layer 01

Membrane workmanship

10 years on the membrane workmanship, in writing. The part that fails first when it is rushed, and the part a cheap operator will not warrant: if our membrane fails in that time, we put it right. This is the waterproofing-specific lever.

Layer 02

Manufacturer system

The membrane manufacturer warranty on the accredited system, valid because we are an accredited applicator and install it to spec, with the coats and the detailing the system calls for.

Layer 03

Statutory (ACL)

Services rendered with due care and skill for a reasonable period under Australian Consumer Law. Always applies, on top of the two layers above.

The cover a cheap waterproofing quote leaves out

Licensed, insured and warranted, before any membrane goes down

The QBCC licence, the liability, and the membrane workmanship warranty, all named up front.

Licensed

QBCC licensed waterproofing

A QBCC waterproofing licence, the licence that lets us flood-test and issue the compliance certificate. A cash job with no licence cannot certify the work, and leaves you exposed.

QBCC

Public liability

Fully insured on site

Cover for your property and anyone on it, for the length of the job.

$20M

Membrane

Warranted in writing

A 10-year written warranty on the membrane workmanship, the part that fails first when a job is rushed.

10 yr

How we work

Diagnose, install to the Standard, test and certify. One crew across all three.

The same crew that inspects and quotes your job installs the membrane to the Standard, then flood-tests it and issues the certificate.

01Stage 1 of 3

Diagnose

A site inspection, the leak traced to its source, and an itemised by-the-m² quote named to the Standard in your hands.

02Stage 2 of 3

Install

Substrate prepped, junctions and falls detailed, the membrane system and the coats applied to AS 3740 or AS 4654.

03Stage 3 of 3

Test and certify

The work flood-tested, the compliance certificate issued, and a 10-year membrane workmanship warranty in writing.

Reviews

From homeowners and builders across Brisbane.

4.9

Rated 4.9 across 160 Google reviews

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Wall of love

What people say after the membrane is in and tested.

★★★★★ 4.9 average 160+ Google reviews

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Sarah M.
Coorparoo · via Google
★★★★★

“Three quotes, and Sealline was the only one that traced where the water was actually coming from before quoting. The stain was nowhere near the leak. They stripped the ensuite, re-membraned it to AS 3740, flood-tested it and gave us the certificate. Dry for a year now.”

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David & Jo R.
Bulimba · via Google
★★★★★

“Our balcony was bubbling and the ceiling below was staining. Priya found the falls were running back toward the house. They corrected the fall, re-membraned to AS 4654 and detailed the drain properly. The number on the quote was named by the square metre, no vague lump sum.”

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Aimee W.
Carindale · via Google
★★★★★

“New build, two bathrooms and an ensuite. Sealline did them all to AS 3740, named the system and the coats on the quote, flood-tested each one and handed over the certificates so the build signed off without a hitch. Easy to deal with.”

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Newstead Rise Body Corporate
New Farm · via Google
★★★★★

“We are a body corporate with a leaking podium deck over the car park. They scoped it, staged the work around residents, and re-membraned the buried sections to AS 4654. The certificate and the warranty went straight into our building file.”

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Glenn H.
Chelmer · via Google
★★★★★

“Our basement was damp every wet season and the last mob just painted it. Sealline assessed where the water was coming from and tanked it from the inside with a proper negative-pressure system. First wet season since and it is dry.”

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Helen & Rob K.
Paddington · via Google
★★★★★

“Tiny heritage bathroom in a Queenslander, and they still did it properly: bond breakers at the corners, the upturns to height, flood-tested before the tiler came back. The quote named the Standard, which none of the others bothered to do.”

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Marcus T.
Wynnum · via word of mouth
★★★★★

“Bayside balcony taking all the salt. They talked us through which membrane stands up to the exposure, did it over the sound tiles where the leak was just the grout, and saved us a full strip-out. Honest about what it did and did not need.”

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Tony & Maree S.
Kenmore · via Google
★★★★★

“Water was coming through a downstairs ceiling and nobody could work out from where. Sealline traced it to a cracked deck membrane two rooms over, not the bathroom we all assumed. Fixed the actual cause once. Worth every cent of the diagnosis.”

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Little Quay Apartments
Newstead · via Google
★★★★★

“Render kept blowing off the wall behind our courtyard planters. They emptied them, re-tanked with a membrane rated for constant water, detailed the drainage and reinstated them. No more damp wall behind. Tidy, careful crew.”

Where we work

Across Brisbane, from the bayside to the river suburbs.

No travel surcharge within 30km of Murarrie.

11 suburbs across the Brisbane. No surcharge within 30km of Murarrie.

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Get to know us before you book.

Eight short videos: the FAQ, what waterproofing costs, how we work, who you are dealing with, and a full job from first call to certificate.

Watch this before you book

The questions every owner asks, answered once.

Cost per m², which Standard applies, fixing a leaking balcony without removing tiles, how long a membrane lasts, whether we test and certify, and whether we are licensed. Ten minutes here saves an argument later.

How much does waterproofing cost per square metre?
It depends mostly on what is being waterproofed and the membrane system, but as a guide most residential work lands between about $35 and $120 a square metre supplied and installed, membrane only: internal wet areas at the lower end, balconies and roofs in the middle, basements and below-ground tanking higher. Remedial leak repairs sit higher per square metre because the diagnosis and the cut-out drive a small, fiddly job. Our by-the-m² estimator gives you an honest range named to the relevant Standard in under a minute. Price it, then book a site inspection and we will pin the exact number.
Does waterproofing have to meet an Australian Standard?
Yes. Internal wet areas are waterproofed to AS 3740 and external above-ground areas like balconies, decks and roofs to AS 4654, and in Queensland waterproofing of wet areas is a licensed trade. The Standard sets the number of coats, the bond breakers, the upturn heights and the fall to drain, and a compliant job is flood-tested and certified. We build to AS 3740 or AS 4654, name the system and the coats on the quote, and issue the certificate.
Can you fix a leaking balcony without removing the tiles?
Sometimes, and we will tell you honestly which it is. A clear liquid membrane can be applied over sound tiles where the leak is through the grout and the joints, which is far cheaper than a full strip-out. But where the membrane underneath has failed, a topical seal only buys time and it will leak again, so a proper repair means lifting the tiles, re-doing the membrane to AS 4654 and re-tiling. We diagnose the cause first, then quote the honest fix.
How long does waterproofing last?
A correctly installed membrane to AS 3740 or AS 4654 typically lasts 10 years or more, and often the life of the tiling above it, when it is detailed and flood-tested properly. The failures we get called to are almost always shortcuts: a single coat where the Standard needs two, no bond breaker at the junctions, or no flood test. We warrant the membrane workmanship for 10 years in writing, because we install it to last, not to pass a glance.
Do you test and certify the work?
Yes. We flood-test wet areas and check the falls and the drainage on balconies and roofs, then issue the compliance certificate for the work, which a licensed waterproofer is the one able to provide. The test is the difference between it looks done and it is proven to hold water. The certificate matters for your builder, your insurer and any future sale, so we hand it over with the warranty.
Are you licensed and insured, and which areas do you cover?
Yes. We hold a QBCC licence for waterproofing in Queensland and carry public liability insurance to $20M, and we are an accredited applicator for the membrane systems we install. We cover the Brisbane suburbs listed on our areas section. If you are just outside it, call us, we will usually still come and look, especially for a balcony, podium or basement on a strata building.
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