How To Keep Water Out Of A Metal Building
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2022
- In today's video, I show me installing a few garage door thresholds on my new shop, as well as surrounding the base with silicone. I was having water come in at the base when it rained. This will fix that issue.
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Thanks man! Amazon had your threshold on a big sale. Ordered it and the Gorilla adhesive. Can’t wait to finally rid my garage of the water issue.
That's awesome you were able to get it on sale. I appreciate you telling me, because we just ordered some for my parents. They're having water come in under their garage door. Good luck with your project. It's been over a year and this is still holding up great.
Thanks for the update.
You're very welcome!
Thanks to your video, I poured a slab with 1 1_5 ledge. Allows the building to sit 1 1/5 inch higher than the bottom ledge, and the metal sits on the base. It is impossible for water to get in even when raining sideways.
That’s genius! I’ve seen a couple of people do it and see that it’s becoming more popular. We’re going to be building another metal building this year and will have to try that out. I bet it works great.
thanks i can finally get rid of the water that comes into my building, thought i would never find a video to help me out with that problem
You’re welcome! This keeps out a majority of the water. If it is a hard flooding rain sometimes water comes from the sides of the roll up doors and comes through the door. They have brushes you can buy to put on the sides of the roll up doors but it hasn’t been a big enough of a problem for me to invest in those.
Thank you. This is very helpful.
You’re very welcome.
Haha, great video. I enjoyed the candid moments messing with the camera.
Thank you! The GoPro I was using did not like to be paused for whatever reason so I just left those clips in there. I’m glad you liked it.
This help. I'm having the same issues
This corrected the water coming in from the bottom, check out my other videos on this, after this I had humidity issues. Now I have everything straightened out. No leaks or humidity issues! 😃
Thanks for this video. I’ve had problems with my metal garage rusting out all the way around the button and water going in. Can you tell me what kind of silicone I should use and should I do it just like you did in the video? Will just putting the silicone around, seal the gap from water going in or should I also put something else on top of it. I’ll wait for your response and greatly appreciate it. 😏
You’re welcome. I just used 100% outdoor rated silicone. Put it around the base of the building like in the video and it’s been close to a year now with no water intrusion!
Love this!
I had noticed in a previous video when you had showed the back of the building that it looked as if it was off the concrete in the back. Do you think that you’ll add a foot of concrete in the back of the building?
I hope that all this helps the water stay out!
Keep us posted on how it’s doing and if it’s not and what your next steps are to fix it.
Will do! Yeah I saw it a little, but didn't know that it was quite that bad. As much silicone as I used I don't think i'll have any water issues for a long time. haha I won't add any concrete, because the frame itself is on the existing concrete thank goodness, it was just the tin part thats hanging so not that big of a deal. I am going to get some more recycled concrete and put around the perimeter though.
Oversized slab not a good idea water will always find its way in...
Thanks man. I'm having a metal building installed soon. Water is my biggest worry. Did this solve your water issues
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This did away with water seeping under the building. Then I had a really humid day come up and all of my stuff had water on it! I also have another video of me installing turbine vents on top. I have no water issues after doing these things. It's humid here, and we have high winds and awful thunderstorms and since I've done these things no water in my building!
@@reallifetested2605 yeah that was my next question I've heard about sweating issues. I'll check it out. Thanks.
Doing somewhat the same as you are doing only with a wooden enclosure. I keep seeing comments about caulk is not a good idea. That it will need replacing every three or four years. Don't know if this is true or not though.
Honestly i'm not sure, I do know that they use this sillicone on windows, doors, conduit etc to seal the home better. I imagine it does need to be replaced every so often. Since you mentioned I looked it up and it says depending on climate, sunlight etc. it last 10 to 20 years. So far it looks as good as the day I did it, (which was only about a year ago at this point)
Going to be having one built when we move to TN in 3 years when we retire. Doesn't a "rat ledge" in the concrete keep the water out? I won't be overpouring bigger than the shop so I hope that works. One other question I have is the rollup doors. How much of a gap between the door and the wall? I will be putting in woven 17 insulation in the entire building and if the gap is too big I may have to go with regular garage doors. I will be heating and cooling it.
I would imagine that would be fine. The water intrusion was really only when it was torrential downpour for hours anyhow. There’s not much gap. If you were insulating I’d definitely do regular garage doors because these roll up doors I don’t think could be insulated too well.
Rat ledge/ brick ledge/drip ledge absolute resolves this issue.
Any leaks? What kind of silicone did you use around the building ?
No leaks! I used GE all purpose silicone. It's the cheapest thing with a lifetime guarantee that I found at my local Lowes home improvement store.
the drawback to silicone is that it will corrode steel and cause rust and eventual future leaks. i have been looking for a non oxidizing sealer for this purpose. if your steel is painted well enough and there is no nicks or scrapes it might be ok.
I didn’t know that! I actually saw this comment a few days ago and wanted to go check before responding. Luckily I don’t have any rust. Like you say though if that coating gets removed it’s all over with anyhow.
@@reallifetested2605 its not dramatic but it does promote oxidization. i sealed a shed to a base and it started to rust within a couple days. but that was a cheap shed and the frame was simply galvanized steel.
How has the exterior silicone worked out? I am having the same issue on my building. One of the walls sits on top the concrete and I'm getting water migrating underneath the base rail.
So far it’s still working/looking as good as the day I put it down.
I did the same about 10 years ago now. It needed replacing after about 5 years. How quickly it deteriorates depends on climatic conditions. The part of the building that had to be siliconed was totally exposed to the sun. I think 5 year survival rate is not bad.
You can try to pop a chalk line instead of pencil or marker, BUT I would blow it off first maybe. I could be wrong and it may not work either, but it is what I would try first lol 😅
There was some reason I had to do what I did. If I remember right I didn’t have anyone around to hold the other end of the line, I also think I only had the red permanent chalk at the time as well. Haha I was trying to show how to do it if you were alone and didn’t have any help as I’ve been chastised about “must be nice to have someone there to help” 🙃
What type silicone did you use to seal around the walls
It's just the ge all purpose caulk that you can get at home depot or lowes. So far its been holding up excellent with no water getting through.
Make sure your pad is four inches above grade with a slope on the outside of the pad. I think the extension of concrete could cause future issues with drainage. Snow ice
I did the outside slab as an apron, 3' wide with a 1" drop from one side to the other. The issue with these metal buildings is that they're literally just sat on top of the pad, and bolted down with concrete anchors. No sealant or anything to keep water from intruding in. What would have been awesome is if they installed some sort of thick rubber (or silicone) and then bolted the building down, or have some barrier on the bottom of the steel. The way this is before I added the silicone it would only have water intrusion with hard rains. Luckily the silicone keeps everything out now. Thanks for checking out my video, and for your comment.
@@reallifetested2605 maybe you could release each bolt and jack up one side at a time and try installing some kind of barrier. Hopefully what you did helps. Building a 30x40x12 currently and they dug out to much dirt and a stump so like a pond on the backside of our now;( the joys of self contractors when non others are available. Hey thanks for your video
I’ve found that the manufacturers don’t recommend an apron. Mine calls for concrete to be exact dimensions of frame so the siding can be brought down over the edge of concrete.
Thanks for sharing the video. What exact threshold did you use?
This is the one I used here. I got it on amazon. Thank you for checking the video out!
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I am having the same problem with my metal garage. Mine leaks real bad. :et me know if it works please!!!!!!!!
It's actually raining outside as I type this comment, not a drop of rain getting in my shop right now and it's been a little over a year since i've done this.
@@reallifetested2605 Thanks for getting back with me. Where did you get the garage door threshold parts and what was it called so I can get the same thing?
@@dwighttravis5484 I got the threshold on amazon. If you look in the description I put a link for that as well as the adhesive I used.
Good afternoon, Sir. How is the silicone holding up? Just had a building installed and I'm trying to decide on a silicone. How is the GE All Purpose holding up? Any leaks at this point? Thank you in advance!
So far it has kept all of the water out. The door thresholds for the roll up doors have worked excellent as well. Thank you for checking out my video!
Good deal. I appreciate the quick response, Sir.
How tall is your walls?
I needed 10' high doors and the lady at the place I got the building from said that 11' is the most economical so that's what I went with.
People really need to be using a sill seal and all that caulk wouldn't be as necessary. Except for adding the thresholds on the garage doors.
The metal building companies dont offer anything like that. It would be nice if they did because I would've gladly paid a little extra for it. It even says in the contract you sign before they come to install it that water intrusion from the bottom is normal and that you agree to understand that.
I am closing in a car porch with wooden pressure treated sills. What type of sill seal are you talking about. Will be building walls two feet from edge of concrete. Desperate for any good suggestions.
Did this solve your issues
It did as far as water intrusion from the bottom. I also had humidity issues which I made other videos on how to correct that as well.
@@reallifetested2605 Thank you I will look for those videos also
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