Help! Need advice ASAP re sill pans and window sealant
cpate
15 years ago
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x-post from Windows. HELP re sealing around windows and sill pans
Comments (4)I would try to get something in there like the dental tool and loosen it. Maybe brake it up into small pieces shop vac'ing with a crevice nozzle at the same time. If that doesn't do it, at least if you could drill some holes in the foam with a long bit to make channels, that could work as well. I think sill pans are most critical with brick veneer and stucco exteriors, probably not so much with lap sidings. If your windows are flashed properly, you might be okay unless you have brick or stucco, then you definetely need a place for moisture and water to channel out over the sill pan....See Moreneed advice ASAP,,,trying to finish insulation
Comments (15)worthy !! plz need more advice now you know I'm sort of clueless at this. I'm reading LOTS of articles on this. all say different things where you live. just to make it clear on me. I live in San Jose,CA area. no freeze, very little humidity. OLD cottage built 1930's has eh, some rotted wood, some termites (EVERY home here does), no varmints under the house. neighbors get skunks YUCK. foundation around perimeter is cement and up to above dirt grade, well thats a given. it is a rental (so no heavy money put into this, just want it to last with low maintenance) landlord very very cool with me, just likes to do things RIGHT. -he's anal like me and a contractor (with many licenses ) who's very busy so I do the dirty work. house has no insulation except blown in the attic,not covering any k&t. wish more could go up there, but have to closely look into that. just put in that new style batts, ultra soft touch shredded denim -no way I could put in fiberglass, the joists are literally touching my face in areas) there is an old floor furnace down there (shockingly they recently stopped making them LOL--hate the thing) it is vented with 4 vents. house is approx 30x30' at most. cellar doors open to go down to crawl space, able to stand and walk about the area of 8x10'. since insulating, the place stinks of the stuff (expected) and can also smell thru the vents.(always smelled a bit "musty". remember I just finished putting it all in there the other day (took about 7 days total - 6+ hrs per day so you can see it is thin crawl space. no k&t under house. small holes were filled with expanding foam. oh and one more thing, this house is grandfathered, so not required to be like "new" up to code in certain not redone areas-obviously. it is with whatever gets fixed. my landlord is GOOD! He has not tried the new denim expensive batts and wondered if I looked into them (which I did) so............. need honest opinion what else to do -( I know you've already said stuff, but I am getting different answers-at least I'm stupid to read into them. **help** and I'm not trying to be nosey, but since you know codes etc so well, I'm assuming you are a contractor ,or ?? by trade. so plz help me so I can talk to him. plzzzzzz I'm waiting to do anything else before I get some details what and why from you. (and others!) THANK you soooo much for your knowledge !! cindy I do plan to live here till I die! -only 53. :) (in less than 2 weeks ) feel like 29!...See Morealuminum sill pans?
Comments (18)This is a huge nine foot wide by nine foot high door. It has three, three foot sections, all mulled together, with the operative section/door in the middle. Only the LCC pan, the metal part of the pan, that shows inside the house, is ice cold. Immediately below the corner of this metal pan, i can see the subfloor is wet, for about 1/2 inch, running along the entire 9 feet of the pan (but this only occurs when it's 40 degrees outside, or colder. The colder it is outside, the bigger the problem). I also learned that the installer should only run a thin bead of silicone inside the very same corner, alluded to above. This prevents water from getting in, under the door, into the house. But my installer spread the silicone on the pan, the entire middle of the nine foot door, maybe one inch wide, which is bad. This is bad because the water that forms from condensation, cannot flow back outside, and so the wooden base of my door is sitting in a wet pan. I also know that he did not set the door on 1/16th inch "shims", so the aluminum on the outside of the door is touching the LCC metal pan. This causes more condensation. Monday, I put the last trim piece, outside, along the entire nine feet, along the bottom of the door, hoping that this would help, but it is snowing today, and the condensation has returned on the inside sub-floor. So this did not help. Maybe i should re-install the doors with plastic pre-purchased pans. But i would prefer to just assume the problem will go away. This would be a huge project. The house is humid inside because of drywall, tiling, etc. The doors are Andersen E series (previously the "Eagle" company). I would be so grateful for advice, or for some "expert" who i could turn to....See MoreNiche Placement? Need to decide ASAP
Comments (11)Well, I am of the opposite view, lol. At first glance I say put it behind the shower head, along to wall near the toilet. Is this your personal bathroom? If it was my personal BR, I wouldn't care if I saw my stuff on the shelf. The reason for the rear wall, is that if it is about 3' or so away from the rain shower head, it will probably stay dry. The side niche might get wet. In my shower I have a niche that is in my 3x5 shower. The front half of the very long niche gets wet, while the back half doesn't. The back wall in my shower never gets wet just misty from the steam. I wipe my niche and the total shower out after every shower with a high quality micro fiber. Because of the higher maintenance I keep 3 items on my shelf. The wall with the niche is 5' long. the shower head reached out about 18" I think. My shower maintenance, I know you didn't ask, but since you're worried about mildew/mold: I only use liquid body soap. I use Soft Soap or Dove. It doesn't build up into soap scum like bar soap. I buy dark washcloths because liquid soaps leave a dark center patch in the cloths, that you can see on white cloths. I don't use a squeegee because its way easier to use a towel sized microfiber. My towel is an auto detailing type white towel, fluffy, made in Korea. I could wipe 2 showers down before I'd have to wring it out. I like to compare the task with wiping a car down with a towel, or wiping a car down with a squeegee, haha. When done, I hang it over the shower door and its dry by the next shower. I wipe all walls, inside doors, and fixtures. There is never any mold in my shower. It looks the same as it did when it went in 3 years ago. I have a good exhaust fan. Since I wipe my shower daily, I never have to "clean" my shower. I have washed the cast iron floor pan about twice a year. I just spray the floor with the hand held from time to time. I am the only one showering in it, and don't have dirty feet :)...See Moreibwindows
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