After moving house in June, one of my priorities was to get the single detached garage all sorted out so I could get the old girl (my car) in there. I intend to pull it down and rebuild a proper block, but for the time being need to get it in service.
Firstly the wall at the rear of the garage (with a window above) had been shunted by the old boy who lived there before he passed away. The shunt had fractured the wall and pushed the midspan outwards (in a V shape). The rotten timber window above had stayed in place but had been shored up to the beam above with metal plates. When it rained, the water ran off the window and straight into the interior of the garage.
I junked the window, pushed the wall back onto the damp course with the aid of a large sledge (gentle taps of course) and sealed the wall with silicon and screwed some steel plates over the cracks. I replaced the void where the window had resided with a timber frame, painted with a couple of coats of fenceguard.
So far so good. I then turned my attention to the leaky roof (asbestos cement corrugated panels). I siliconed all the joints, patched some areas at the edges where the roof had broken and use some sealing foam on a large gap at the side pier where water had trickled in like a mini river when it rained.
Has it been a success? No, in a word.
With the recent heavy rain, it is apparent that the asbestos cement roof is very porous. I spent 2 hours on a crawling board cleaning around an estimated 30 kilos of moss off the roof yesterday. I then brushed/hosed the roof down. I have a paint sealer specially formaulated for using on asbestos roofs - and it says can be painted on wet surfaces. Well, I tried it yesterday and the paint will not stick to even a slightly damp surface. AAAAAGGHHHHHH! :x :x :x
Firstly the wall at the rear of the garage (with a window above) had been shunted by the old boy who lived there before he passed away. The shunt had fractured the wall and pushed the midspan outwards (in a V shape). The rotten timber window above had stayed in place but had been shored up to the beam above with metal plates. When it rained, the water ran off the window and straight into the interior of the garage.
I junked the window, pushed the wall back onto the damp course with the aid of a large sledge (gentle taps of course) and sealed the wall with silicon and screwed some steel plates over the cracks. I replaced the void where the window had resided with a timber frame, painted with a couple of coats of fenceguard.
So far so good. I then turned my attention to the leaky roof (asbestos cement corrugated panels). I siliconed all the joints, patched some areas at the edges where the roof had broken and use some sealing foam on a large gap at the side pier where water had trickled in like a mini river when it rained.
Has it been a success? No, in a word.
With the recent heavy rain, it is apparent that the asbestos cement roof is very porous. I spent 2 hours on a crawling board cleaning around an estimated 30 kilos of moss off the roof yesterday. I then brushed/hosed the roof down. I have a paint sealer specially formaulated for using on asbestos roofs - and it says can be painted on wet surfaces. Well, I tried it yesterday and the paint will not stick to even a slightly damp surface. AAAAAGGHHHHHH! :x :x :x
