Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace

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awemawson:
Wooden clad barn wall soaked in creosote - I think it could become my problem :bugeye:

hermetic:
:bugeye:

awemawson:
Leak developments :ddb:

The other day it was raining but not pouring down, and water was coming in as usual. I went up the ladder and just stared at things to see if any clues jumped out. I was surprised at how much water was running down the face of the main workshop bargeboard.

Cement fibre barge board sits on a wooden barge board. Water is running down the face of the cement barge board and tracking into the gap between the two. As the wooden barge board penetrates the foundry (due to the sequence of construction of the three buildings) this water is at least one of my leaks.

An application of Cromapol has reduced the problem to just a few drips today but not eliminated it as the gap is too large for it to bridge. When the rain stops I'll squirt some expanding foam in, trim it off and give another coat of Cromapol.

. . . watch this space !

vtsteam:
I feel your pain, Andrew! :bang:

awemawson:
Well it's all looking pretty promising :ddb:

It's been raining solidly for the last five hours - not hugely heavily but definitely 'significantly' and I just have one little damp patch. Now it may be that the winds are favourable (hard to tell) but I think I am actually on to the last leg of curing this roof leak :thumbup:

And even the Roller Shutter seal is working with no rain ingress - by heck it'll be a big relief if at long last I can move on to actually USING the foundry!

When it all dries up I'll do the squirty foam packing of the barge board gap and slap more Cromapol on . . .and you never know . . .I may be able to move the shelves back under where the leak has been, set out the furnace bodies where they should be, put in the welding blankets to protect the hose cable assemblies and POUR METAL.

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