Darci Kunard (DK): Our goal is to teach people about
caulking and make it easy to shop for
caulking.
Three process variables in
caulking were set up as design variables.
We recommend
caulking around the top and sides of panels, but leaving bottom joints open to allow water to drain from behind panels if they get wet.
DISCUSSION: We found soil PCB contamination ranging from 3.3 to 34 mg/kg around buildings with undisturbed
caulking that contained 10,000-36,200 mg/kg PCBs.
Outdoors,
caulking certain areas performs two major functions.
(2) Coping Stones: Depending upon the type of coping stones you should look for various things: On all copings the cross and bed joints should be sealed; the bed joints with cement and the cross joints with cement and an expandable type of
caulking -- in order to prevent water penetration as the joints expand and contract with the weather.
Some caulks are not paintable, which requires that the substrate be painted and dried prior to
caulking. If two dissimilar substrates are being joined, check to see that the caulk is compatible with and will adhere to both.
Caulking isn't exactly the most exciting project on your customers' to-do lists.
Q I have been tasked with
caulking the bathtubs at an apartment building.
All you need is a tube of caulk and a
caulking gun.
Is there really a problem with not properly
caulking the storms?
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