The shower floor pan has a gap between it and the shower wall of about 3/8". I cannot keep the caulk adhering to the whole joint to seal it tight.
What do I do here?
What do I do here?
filling large joints
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Ha ha. :dance:
I just returned from a trip to British Columbia, drove through Oregon. Better "stuff" there. It rains all the time, except for when I drove through. Whew.
Closed cell foam "backer"
We built a log home in Montana a number of years ago. When they apply the chinking to seal the gaps between the logs, they used what is basically a sanded caulk. They apply the chinking over a closed cell foam "backer rod". The thin line would do the same thing, but the foam would not absorb or hold moisture.
We built a log home in Montana a number of years ago. When they apply the chinking to seal the gaps between the logs, they used what is basically a sanded caulk. They apply the chinking over a closed cell foam "backer rod". The thin line would do the same thing, but the foam would not absorb or hold moisture.
if it is a horizontal gap.... just make a teak trim board and put a rabbit in one side that is wide enough to lap over the 3/8 gap making sure the rabbited side is down and the thick side is on top....put some ss oval head screws on 5 or 6 inch centers in the thick part of the trim board and us a sealer on the contact of the trim to the wall surface and you will have created a drip rail ....
hope this helps
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woody
You can get a roll of round foam filler strip at the hardware store. I can't remember what it is called but it is used to fill gaps before grouting tile, or caulking joints. It comes in different diameters depending on how wide the gap is. Very inexpensive.
A big part of this issue is the bit of flexing between pan and wall. Both are fiberglass, what caulk will adhere well and flex without tearing away from one of the surfaces?
there is a chalking designed for large gaps and staying flexible with good adhesion, it will stretch 500 percent AFTER DRIED APPLICATION...
http://www.sashco.com/hi/bigstretch.html
The product is called "BIG STRETCH"
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.."MARINE GOOP"...???
http://www.sashco.com/hi/bigstretch.html
The product is called "BIG STRETCH"
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.."MARINE GOOP"...???
Fix the gap. A piece of SS shiplap will work just fine, and is sort of what it is designed for. A picture will get you a much better solution though.
Why not butyl with a trim piece? The stuff stretches like crazy. Take a look at Maine Sails picture of the cleat getting pulled off and how much it stretches while still adhered. You can kneed it into a rope like shape and work it into the joint.
(yeah - pix please)
This is what I would do, too. You want to reduce the open gap to a reasonable minimum, then caulk that. . Besides the shiplap or other wood trim shapes, big-box home building stores will have a good selection of vinyl, aluminium or chrome strips which could be suitable.
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