Questions tagged [sealing]
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Marijuana smoke migrating to my condo!
I just bought a condo which is a three-level townhouse and was built in 1980.
I am adjacent to my neighbor and share a common wall. My neighbor, an older couple, smoke weed frequently and do not air their home.
The smoke gets to my side and it is…
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How can I repair crumbling tile sealant?
About a year ago, we hired a worker to tile my kitchen : I don't know how he worked, I wasn't there. The result seemed good enough.
However, today, in some places, the sealant seems to be crumbling : we occasionally find bits about 1 cm long.
What…
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Sealing gap between brick wall and vinyl siding
I need to seal the gaps between my garage brick wall and the vinyl siding. Would product such as "Great Stuff Gaps & Cracks Insulating Foam Sealant" for example would do the work? or I need something else?
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How do I seal a gap between concrete step and wood at outside of house?
I would like have recommendation on what kind of material I should use to seal a gap between concrete stair and wood siding (in front of front door of my house). My primary concern is that using a wrong material that will rotten the wood. It seems…
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What is sealing the edges of this footpath?
I want to fill the cracks in between the foundation and stone pathway adjacent to it.
In this first picture, you can see the void between the foundation and the stones.
But if you were to turn 180°, you'd see a less weathered (although hardly doing…
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Sealing Unused Vent Area
Wondering how to seal off an unused air dryer vent opening to the exterior wall. My husband has just stuffed insulation in there and said it will be fine but it's connected to the rest of the interior ceiling insulation. The gyprock ceiling would…
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Sealing gap between house and driveway
So I have a driveway that is made of concrete sections that mates up to the edge of my house which is brick with a cinder block basement wall. The prior owner sealed the gap between the two with cheap sealer which is starting to wear away. So I…
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Asbestos exposure concerns of could considerable exposure be a contributing factor to exacerbating existing chronic skin condition with ill health?
Asbestos exposure concerns of could considerable exposure be a contributing factor to exacerbating existing chronic skin condition with ill health?
I have lived in existing rented property for approximately 16 years unbeknownst to me asbestos…
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