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Good ideafallen_angel wrote:i looked at flex seal online but that looks like a liquid, i wanted to fabricate a plate to bolt over the bottom of the doorway when flood was coming, wanted to use the rubber to make a thick compressible gasket along the edge.
Rory Phoulorie wrote:How do you intend to seal the sides of the door?
Lemme see how yours come outfallen_angel wrote:i am thinking to make a plate about 2' tall and about 3' wide, bolt it to the outside of the wall using anchor bolts, it would then provide a barrier up to almost 2' high in the doorway to prevent water from coming in. I want to use the rubber seal as a compression seal between the plate and the wall on the perimeter of the fabricated steel plate. I'm trying to build something similar to a flood gate, as seen online. I will only bolt it in when heavy rain or flood is expected and remove it after.
fallen_angel wrote:i am thinking to make a plate about 2' tall and about 3' wide, bolt it to the outside of the wall using anchor bolts, it would then provide a barrier up to almost 2' high in the doorway to prevent water from coming in. I want to use the rubber seal as a compression seal between the plate and the wall on the perimeter of the fabricated steel plate. I'm trying to build something similar to a flood gate, as seen online. I will only bolt it in when heavy rain or flood is expected and remove it after.
fallen_angel wrote:For residential, car tyres are very difficult to cut and they won’t compress easily to seal when the plate is tightened.
My doors don’t go the to floor though but if yours does I am sure a strip can be adapted at the bottom to seal also.
People all over the world use things like this to restrain flood water, it’s all over YouTube and google, just we never had to resort to it in Trinidad yet because god is a trini...but sooner or later we as individuals need to learn to take care of ourselves. I had 1ft of water in my house last month, didn’t finish cleaning and fixing my appliances yet so I willing to try anything to protect myself.
By chance anyone know where I could find a slippers factory in the east?
pugboy wrote:Use the foam rubber tubing Aircon guys put over the copper lines as insulation
timelapse wrote:foam pool noodles if you want something thicker, there are noodles for as low as $25 and they about 3 ft long,
Only issue is that they colourful
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