Hi...
Well my bargain Elnagh Sleek isn't turning out to be the great bargain. Where the cab attaches to the main body two vertical alluminium strips have rivetted to the body on both sides. Never thought much of it until I removed a small kitchen utility holder beside the sink. The panelling was absolutely soaking behind it. After ripping the inside out of the cabinet above the sink you could see where the water ingress was coming from, the curve where the cab interface joins the box above the cab. In summary what has been happening the water has been coming in for years, soaked and rotted the interface about two centimeter along the full edge of the interface top to bottom. The alluminium strips where to make the edge more rigid to help seal along the rubber profile edge. The access road to our abode is quite bumpy which has flexed the interface revealing a crack right along the interface. What I intend to do is take the alluminium strips off and use the rivet holes to fill the rotten void (dried first) with expanding foam or similar then fit a new T rubber profile along the full length and seal with Silkaflex 291 glue/sealant.
My questions are... what is the best solution to fill the void along the edge, is Sillkaflex 291 the best option for seaqling the new rubber profile to the interface and finally where can I buy the T profile from. The profile needs to be 5cm wide with ideally a 'D' shape on the top as you look at the edge. Is silicon better ? any thoughts appreciated,
atb Neil
Well my bargain Elnagh Sleek isn't turning out to be the great bargain. Where the cab attaches to the main body two vertical alluminium strips have rivetted to the body on both sides. Never thought much of it until I removed a small kitchen utility holder beside the sink. The panelling was absolutely soaking behind it. After ripping the inside out of the cabinet above the sink you could see where the water ingress was coming from, the curve where the cab interface joins the box above the cab. In summary what has been happening the water has been coming in for years, soaked and rotted the interface about two centimeter along the full edge of the interface top to bottom. The alluminium strips where to make the edge more rigid to help seal along the rubber profile edge. The access road to our abode is quite bumpy which has flexed the interface revealing a crack right along the interface. What I intend to do is take the alluminium strips off and use the rivet holes to fill the rotten void (dried first) with expanding foam or similar then fit a new T rubber profile along the full length and seal with Silkaflex 291 glue/sealant.
My questions are... what is the best solution to fill the void along the edge, is Sillkaflex 291 the best option for seaqling the new rubber profile to the interface and finally where can I buy the T profile from. The profile needs to be 5cm wide with ideally a 'D' shape on the top as you look at the edge. Is silicon better ? any thoughts appreciated,
atb Neil