Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace

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awemawson:
Well so much for complacency - very minor snow fall last night, quite a bit of rain, and a major leak into the foundry :bang:

The workshop side leak that I 'think' is water getting between the barge boards is no more than I'd expect BUT it looks like at least a gallon or so - probably more - has got in on the west side of the roller shutter, and run the entire length of the foundry underneath all the machines. The leak must be on the roller door end of the foundry and has run down the edge due to the tilt of the floor, but whether it has come under / round the door or through the roof is not clear.

I'm at my wits end trying to get this building sufficiently waterproof to actually use :(

awemawson:
Looking at the internals of the roof over where the main ingress was I can find no damp patches so my preliminary conclusion is the water has come round or under the roller shutter, and when I have someone to assist outside with a hose I may be able to track it down.

However we obviously had much more rain last night than I thought as doing my rounds I find that our fields are flooded. Speaking to a friend who keeps a rain gauge apparently yesterday afternoon and night we had over two inches of rain.

. . . hey ho . . . mutter mutter mutter :scratch:

awemawson:
So the rain stopped for ten minutes so I've applied squirty foam between the cement fibre and wooden barge boards on the main workshop. Note this is not intended as a seal in itself, but when trimmed back with a knife when set will allow the Cromapol roof gunge to bridge the gaps that otherwise are too big.

Bit of dribble clean up required down the cladding boards !

awemawson:
Squirty foam expanded and set nicely despite the lowish temperature (4 deg C) so I managed to trim it back and slosh on the Cromapol fibre reinforced sealant, so fingers crossed it may have solved the leak on the main workshop side of the foundry.

Still trying to puzzle out the bigger leak on the west side :scratch:

mattinker:
H Andrew,

Very crossed fingers! I won't be coming over for Christmas but maybe I'll get to see it later in the year!

Cheers, Matthew

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