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removing felt in expansion joint
In my garage there is a felt material in the expansion joint. It is
20 years old and dirty and rotted. Is there anyway I can pull this felt out, or cut off enough enough material such that it is low enough for me to fill in with a caulking? I have already filled the other joint running across with caulking, which has no felt material in that one. The reason is I have coated my floor with epoxy and cosmeticly the rotted felt looks bad now, plus I wanted to minimize the insect and moisture crawling up. |
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"jj3000" wrote in message om... In my garage there is a felt material in the expansion joint. It is 20 years old and dirty and rotted. Is there anyway I can pull this felt out, or cut off enough enough material such that it is low enough for me to fill in with a caulking? I have already filled the other joint running across with caulking, which has no felt material in that one. The reason is I have coated my floor with epoxy and cosmeticly the rotted felt looks bad now, plus I wanted to minimize the insect and moisture crawling up. I'd be tempted to try using my pressure washer's fine-stream to clean out the joint. Another approach would be to use a circular saw, with either a throw-away blade or a diamond-cutter blade, set to a depth which takes out sufficient felt material. -- Mark Hald Pepperell, MA |
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"sPONiX" wrote in message In my garage there is a felt material in the expansion joint. It is 20 years old and dirty and rotted. Is there anyway I can pull this felt out, or cut off enough enough material such that it is low enough for me to fill in with a caulking? Maybe just dig it out with an old chisel. That would work Or even get hi-tech and use something with a hook on the end to pull it up. |
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