Ask a Building Trades Professional
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EnglishEdward
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What do you use to glue plastic guttering ends together?
The vinyl gutter systems come with premade fastener pieces. If those aren't working, look for PVC glue in the plumbing section of your building store.
warpus
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It is not clear if the post did indeed rot anywhere actually. All I can see personally at least is a crack in the cement leading from the post out. Somebody (Cutlass?) told me that the post is probably in the cement and it expanded and contracted over the years and lead to the crack, and that it shouldn't have been embedded in the cement. But I could be misremembering everything of course.
The crack has not gotten much bigger at all, but people tell me filling it in with cement won't really fix the underlying issue - so if this thing is bound to fall off (the crack runs diagonally) then I will want to prevent that instead of just making it look nice.
The same thing happened to my neighbour and he bought cement, new post, and did all the work himself. But it doesn't look perfect and you can tell where he put down the cement (i.e. the whole corner).
I have even less experience than my neighbour wrt cement work so I assume my work would be even more visible. So I have been putting this off I suppose
How bout a picture or two?
warpus
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If I were worried about that, I would wait for a nice warm day and fill the crack with a concrete glue and then add a silicone bead along the top. I suspect that the post is attached to the concrete base by a bolt or screw set in the concrete at the middle of the post. Sand the post and repaint.
Concrete is guaranteed to do two things: get hard and crack.
This is what I had in mind:
https://www.quikrete.com/pdfs/data_sheet-polyurethane construction adhesive 9902-10.pdf
It will fill the gap (to keep water out and future freezing expansion) and hold things in place. Wait for a nice warm, dry day; blow out the crack with compressed air or a hair dryer and follow the instructions (fill the gap). Less than $10.
Silurian
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@Birdjaguar that may well work to seal the crack.
Does it have a low enough viscosity to run down into the crack and so remove the space for water to expand. Bearing in mind that water will be flowing upwards in a hard winter.
Does it have a low enough viscosity to run down into the crack and so remove the space for water to expand. Bearing in mind that water will be flowing upwards in a hard winter.
I couldn't say, but blowing out the crack will help flow. Then using a wire to force things deeper might be next. You cannot tell until you get into the job. Warming things up might also help. If the crack is deep, you could fill the depths with something else that flow way down and then top fill the last few inches with the adhesive. As i see it, the goal is to fill the crack, to keep water out and to glue the edges together to keep it from getting bigger. In addition, i would put a flower pot on the corner piece so folks don't step on the corner piece. No reason add pressure to the crack.
GenMarshall
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I have very very little experience in trades and my only background is in liberal arts and accounting, both of which aren't helping me at the slightest. Lately I've been pondering on making a career change (if you can call it that when one's career has their tires spinning stationary for the past decade) to get a better life for myself and to escape the monotony of low wage jobs and retail hell.
Are there any pathways for me to enter into a trades when there's very little resources in my area (I place blame on my state's education department placing a huge emphasis on a college education and shunning trade schools and apprenticeship programs)? I know this is a building trades professional, but I'm looking for a direction to go to since I've been lately interested in electrical work (Both in the micro level with electronics and the macro level with electrical wiring).
Are there any pathways for me to enter into a trades when there's very little resources in my area (I place blame on my state's education department placing a huge emphasis on a college education and shunning trade schools and apprenticeship programs)? I know this is a building trades professional, but I'm looking for a direction to go to since I've been lately interested in electrical work (Both in the micro level with electronics and the macro level with electrical wiring).
If you want to become an electrician, you have to go to a trade school. And that's going to be expensive. And then you have to do an apprenticeship. Which will take a lot of time, and can be difficult to get your foot in the door. It's doable. But it's a big commitment. The up side is that once you're licensed, many years from now, you'll be in demand and have a solid income.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Is that only solely going into your own way like a contractor? Since the pathway I'm more or less embarking is more in terms within the manufacturing sector in a plant. I don't have any interest on becoming an independent contractor.
Then you'll have to ask the company what their requirements are. A building contractor will subcontract out the electrical work to a firm which has one or more master electricians and a bunch of helpers. But the helpers still have to know most of the job. Someplace like Electric Boat, their rules probably require a minimum of a trade school certificate.
