Resurrection of a CFEI 100 KVA Induction Furnace

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awemawson:
All of the above :lol:

vtsteam:

Richard Gene the Fishing Machine, one of my fishing heroes! :lol:

awemawson:
He's a bit over the top on the enthusiasm scale for a Brit to appreciate :bugeye:

So forecast was for very little rain over night, but actually it was pelting down at times and rattling the windows, so with a bit of trepidation I went out to inspect this morning. We had actually had 11.9 mm (or nearly half an inch) but yes there was a bit that had come in but dramatically less than on previous 'pre-sealing' days.

I rather suspect that some at least of what has entered has come under the bottom row of blocks of the wall - there is no DPC and anyway the interior slab extends beyond the wall outside at the same level. I need to flaunch a fillet where the wall meets the slab to cast the water away from the wall.

But look carefully and you'll see yet another worm visitor on this damp patch !

awemawson:
Well definitely progress here :ddb:

Another 24 hours with about half an inch of rain, but no under wall penetration in the corner where that last worm was. Why - well I put a generous fillet of sand and cement down yesterday where the wall meets the slab on the outside and it has worked :thumbup:

The side wall of the foundry is also letting water underneath which is puddling behind and under the induction furnace driver box, and when I look outside it's no wonder. The ground falls towards the wall and there is a bally great accumulation on the outside where it's coming through.

I started yesterday digging by hand to fully expose the slab and dig a trench beside it so that I could hopefully get the water to flow away from the wall, and again add a generous fillet to the base. After about six foot of digging that rapidly got unattractive. So this morning I managed to change buckets on the JCB803 ready for tomorrow when hopefully we have a brief dry spell.

But, looking on the bright side, water isn't now coming through the roof (I hope) and the problem is down at ground level.

Another major bonus is that the Water Board next door have now felled and removed the massive willow that was dumping leaves on the foundry roof. They promised to do this earlier in the year, and it had been over looked, so when they turned up to cut the grass last week I descended on them in my best persuasive manner resulting in the four man team with chain saws and a chipper reducing it to history over the next two days.

vtsteam:
Eight man days......I think that was a sequoia.

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