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Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2004
- Location
- Richmond,VA,USA
I built my wife a greenhouse about twenty years ago and the roof has started to leak at the seams. You might say "so what" but it fills up the trays with water and drowns her seedlings. I have tried doing everything I can from the inside using silicone and some exotic expensive sealers. What I plan on doing is renting a cherry picker and sealing the joints from up top where it should be done. Removing the panes is not an option. The "panes" are from tempered sliding glass doors where the seal went bad and they fogged up. I got them basically for free by contacting folks who replace them. They are glad to give them away. I just separated the rubber seal with a utility knife and cleaned them up. I am asking here because I can't find what I need and you guys are kind of material wizards. I am looking for something I can cover the joints with after applying a heavy bead of sealer. I am envisioning something like those guards that go over cables run on the floor. About three inches wide and coped out at the bottom to allow for the bead. The coping is not needed if the stuff is flexible enough. They don't have to be sticky as I plan on setting them in sealer. One of the problems is that I need a crapload of the stuff so it needs to be fairly reasonable in cost. I can't seem to be able to find any tape, or rolls of anything that I could squish down into the sealer to protect it somewhat from weathering. It doesn't have to be clear. Something .020" or a little more would be nice. Any ideas? Thanks very much.