About HydroForce
A specialist waterproofing contractor built for South East Queensland conditions — humid summers, reactive soils, timber-framed second storeys and building programmes that never have spare days in them.
Started because too many bathrooms were being rebuilt twice
HydroForce began in 2013 in a shed at Rocklea with one ute and a founder who had spent a decade tiling over other people's membranes. Dean Whitmore kept being asked to strip out bathrooms that were barely five years old — not because of design faults or bad tiling, but because someone had rolled a thin single coat over dusty sheeting and called it waterproofed.
The business grew on referral from tilers first, then builders, then the homeowners those builders worked for. Today four crews run daily out of depots in Brisbane's south and on the northern Gold Coast, sealing everything from a single ensuite in Ashgrove to forty-unit townhouse developments in Springfield and amenities blocks on the Sunshine Coast.
What has not changed is the standard. Every wet area is treated as though we will be the ones ripping it out if it fails — because in a practical sense, under a seven year warranty, we are.
Credentials
- QBCC licence 15123456 — waterproofing class
- Applicators trained and certified by the membrane manufacturers we use
- Systems applied to AS 3740 (internal wet areas) and AS 4654 (external)
- $20 million public liability plus product and completed operations cover
- White card, working at heights and confined space tickets across all crews
- Member, Australian Institute of Waterproofing
Four things we will not compromise on
Do the preparation
Ninety percent of membrane failures start with a substrate that was never ready. We prep properly even when nobody would ever see the difference.
Document everything
Photos of each coat, wet film readings, flood test results. If a question comes up in five years, the evidence exists.
Own the outcome
We do not subcontract membrane application. The person who quoted your job is accountable for the person who applied it.
Tell the truth about scope
If your falls are wrong or your sheeting is moving, we will say so before we quote — not after the tiles crack.
Who you will deal with
Dean Whitmore
Founder & Licensed Applicator
Twenty-two years on the tools, starting as a tiler on Gold Coast high-rise before specialising in membranes. Dean personally scopes every commercial job and signs off the compliance packs.
Sarah Nguyen
Operations Manager
Runs scheduling across all four crews, keeps builder programmes on track and is the voice at the other end of the office phone. Ask her for a lead time and you will get a real one.
Tom Ferrier
Leak Diagnostics Lead
Thermal imaging and moisture mapping specialist. Tom handles insurance and strata investigations and writes the reports that keep bathrooms from being needlessly demolished.
Jai Patel
Residential Crew Leader
Leads the Brisbane south and Logan crew. Renovation specialist with a reputation among tilers for the neatest hob and niche detailing in town.
Where we work
Want to talk to someone who actually applies the membrane?
You will speak to the crew leader or Dean himself on anything technical — not a call centre reading from a script.