How do I seal metal shed base?
 

Hi All,

I have just erected (after much trouble) one of those yardmaster metal
sheds. What a nightmare.....

Anyway its up now and I want to seal around the base on the inside. It leaks
quite a lot from the grooves in the concrete.....

Any ideas?

Cheers

In message , Pedro Popadopolous
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Hi All,

I have just erected (after much trouble) one of those yardmaster metal
sheds. What a nightmare.....

Anyway its up now and I want to seal around the base on the inside. It leaks
quite a lot from the grooves in the concrete.....


How big are the gaps that need filling, my first thought is some general
purpose building silicone sealant.
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Chris French

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In message , Pedro Popadopolous
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Hi All,

I have just erected (after much trouble) one of those yardmaster metal
sheds. What a nightmare.....

Anyway its up now and I want to seal around the base on the inside. It
leaks
quite a lot from the grooves in the concrete.....


How big are the gaps that need filling, my first thought is some general
purpose building silicone sealant.


Very small, you couldn't ger a knife blade through, just enough for water
to trickle in

:-/

Pedro Popadopolous wrote:
Hi All,

I have just erected (after much trouble) one of those yardmaster metal
sheds. What a nightmare.....

Anyway its up now and I want to seal around the base on the inside. It leaks
quite a lot from the grooves in the concrete.....

Just put one of those up, I used expanding foam and gutter sealant.
(Then paid a visit to Ikea and saw that they had done the same with a
temporary warehouse ;) )

Lee






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Pedro Popadopolous wrote:

Very small, you couldn't ger a knife blade through, just enough for water
to trickle in

Smaller than the gaps in ours then ;)
I was too lazy to level the base properly...

Lee
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Pedro,

Id go for a good quality silcone sealant, its important that is has high
elasticity as the metal will expand a great deal more than the conrete with
temperture. If go for a heavy duty exterior silcone sealant. I think some
gutter sealants may fit the bill. Must be highly elastic.

Kev

"Pedro Popadopolous" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I have just erected (after much trouble) one of those yardmaster metal
sheds. What a nightmare.....

Anyway its up now and I want to seal around the base on the inside. It
leaks quite a lot from the grooves in the concrete.....

Any ideas?

Cheers