Cladding onto concrete bass

[Robben77]

Hi, does anyone have any ideas how to finish box profile style metal cladding on a wall to a concrete workshop base to make it weather tight and vermin proof?

 

[angellonewolf]

Silkolene did not smell as good as castrol R..

make the base a touch smaller than the shed and drop the tin sheat over the side that way the water will never come in

might help to slight slope to help remove any condesation

 

[Robben77]

make the base a touch smaller than the shed and drop the tin sheat over the side that way the water will never come in

might help to slight slope to help remove any condesation

Yeah did consider this, just wondered if there’s any other ways

 

[gaz1]

normally its box profile to the external of the concrete base

if not you will need to shape it so it goes up the rear and then lip over the concrete edge this will seal up for vermin or the weather

 

[addjunkie]

You can get no drip base profiles that go behind the sheet, and over the edge of the base.

see pictures in this link

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Wildefalcon]

Or a decent cladding shop will fold you zed profile to do the same in galv.

 

[Hitch]

Folded drip flashings, they have an upstand that tucks up behind the profile sheet and slightly under 90, so water runs off.
Would work if they can overhang the base.

 

[Hitch]

Like this...

Put some foam fillers between them to help keep draughts out.

 

[Easywelder]

Is the concrete sloping away fro the box profile, if so you could just run it to the concrete and use decent sealan, or a bit neater use a small ‘L’ shaped flashing or even a bit of light angle to butt the tin too. Will still need to use sealant though.

 

[Hitch]

A folded galv angle screwed down and bedded on sealant if the base is much bigger that the sheeting.

 

[Morrisman]

make the base a touch smaller than the shed and drop the tin sheat over the side that way the water will never come in

might help to slight slope to help remove any condesation

That's how I did my wood workshop.

 

[Bobupndown]

You can get no drip base profiles that go behind the sheet, and over the edge of the base.

see pictures in this link

Pardon our interruption...

I have one of these steel garage / workshop with the Z profile over the edge of the base and behind the cladding. Works perfectly, no water ingress.

 

[Robben77]

I have one of these steel garage / workshop with the Z profile over the edge of the base and behind the cladding. Works perfectly, no water ingress.

How is it fixed to the cladding?

 

[addjunkie]

How is it fixed to the cladding?

It goes in behind the sheets fixing for sheets go right through

 

[Agrismith]

Just put a course of bricks all the way round inside the cladding. It's dead space anyway.

 

[Bobupndown]

How is it fixed to the cladding?

Tec screws through the cladding, profile and into the galvanised frame.

 

[Robben77]

Just put a course of bricks all the way round inside the cladding. It's dead space anyway.

Did think of doing that but with kerb stones

 

[Agrismith]

Did think of doing that but with kerb stones

Engineering bricks or concrete blocks are cheaper. Kerbs are around a tenner a kerb at 0.92m long. Concrete block is about 2 quid for 400mm. We some times use hollow blocks with rebar chemfixed into the slab and filled with concrete so noone can do a battering ram job on the building. Or concrete panels for a really thorough job

 

[Wedg1e]

A concrete bass?! Christ, and I thought my Fender Jazz was heavy!

 

[LiftedDisco]

Do you mean the base is bigger than the steel shed, meaning you are building on top of a flat surface?

Folded drip detail will only work if your base has a french drain or similar around it and you can lap the folded profile over the edge, with the cladding sitting on top. If it’s a completely flat base, you could run with a galvanised angle, toe out under the cladding and a generous application of Acrypol (or Chromapol) fibre based gutter sealant along the join to the base.

Only hint is don’t get the damn stuff on you, otherwise the undertakers will be asking for a COSHH leaflet for your remains…. It’s an absolute nightmare to remove…

Good for sealing junction between wall and slab though!!