all the ways you can seal those gaps and keep out air water dust bugs and
everything that you want to keep out of your shop
how's it going guys welcome back to the patriot diy channel we recently had this metal shop built
behind our house and these can be really great they're usually a lot more affordable than a
stick built shop and they have the benefit of coming in kits that can usually be put up in
a day or two as long as you have a nice level surface but one of the downsides can be that
where you're siding meets in the seams there can be gaps that need to be filled we want to
seal out the air so that it can be easily heated or cooled we also want to keep out dust and bugs
and things like that so it's important that we try to get all those gaps filled the best we can
now we're going to step inside here we're going to talk about some of the major trouble spots that
you need to address but before we do that guys if you haven't go ahead and hit that subscribe
button down below hit that notification bell and stop right now and give us a thumbs up we really
appreciate that now let's get in here and take a look at some of these gaps we're talking about
all right guys now one of the most obvious trouble spots is going to be in your corners
because the way this siding is shaped it creates gaps here right along your studs and you guys can
probably see the light coming in through those gaps so if light can get in that means air dust
bugs anything could get in through there now the best way to seal up something like that is gonna
be this great stuff there's some expanding foam this stuff does a great job of filling those gaps
and it doesn't take much to fill a small gap like this this stuff expands really big so
you don't want to use too much and once it gets on something it does not come off so i recommend
wearing gloves because you will spend days trying to scrape this stuff off of your hands but all
you're going to do is take that nozzle and stick it in here in your gap and give it a little squirt
now like i said it doesn't take much one quick pull the trigger does a good job of filling that
gap up keep in mind this stuff is going to expand to at least two times its size so you don't want
to put too much in there because you'll end up with a big glob coming out now let me give you
guys a closer look at how i'm doing this so really i'm just putting it in there giving
it one good squirt and then i'm moving that nozzle up and down to really feel that area
like i said it really doesn't take much and once that expands that's going to
be more than enough to fill that gap and close off any air that could get through
now i just want to give you guys a couple examples of some spots that i've already done
now this was the first spot i did and you can see that once that stuff expands it really expands
out of that hole the good thing is that once it dries if you did put a little bit too much
it's pretty easy to go back in there and just cut that excess off
and leave you a nice flat surface but uh we are insulating this building as well so once that
insulation gets up here it's going to cover up most of that anyway now that great stuff can be
used for a lot of different areas you can see up here above me where the ceiling is there are a lot
of areas up there that need to be filled and we're just going to use that exact same method to fill
those
the other problem area you have to worry about is right here along the floor at the bottom of your
frame now with inconsistencies in the concrete and things like that you could easily get air
passing through there but also another thing we're worried about is water so we're going to
be coming in here with some silicone and putting a bead of silicone all the way across at the bottom
the other area we're going to want a silicone is right here along the top of that frame
the problem here is though that the siding is not screwed to this bottom support in the middle it
is at the studs but not here in the middle so there's a larger gap here so before we put down
any silicon we're gonna go around to the outside and we're just gonna put a self-tapping screw in
right here in the middle to close in that gap then we'll come back inside and we'll silicone
everything up all right guys we're outside and you can see that they do have it screwed in there
at the studs but nothing in the middle and uh just to help close in that gap i'm gonna put a screw in
and for that we're just gonna be using these self-tapping sheet metal screws
all right there we go now that should help close up that gap on the inside and then we're ready
to go back into some silicone all right guys we're just going to be using this quad osi
sealant this is a clear silicone sealant and i will be putting a link to all these
things in the description below if you want to get them for yourself
all right guys now we're just going to be putting a bead all the way across
the bottom where it meets the concrete and then also right here where the siding meets
you want to make sure you go ahead and clean your area the best you can before you start doing this
all right guys the next trouble spot we're going to talk about is the door most metal buildings are
going to come with something like this this is a roll-up door and because of the way this door
is designed it can be really difficult to seal because of that corrugated metal and the way
we're going to do that is with these garage door brush seals so these brushes will fill in the gaps
in that corrugated metal and help seal out any air and dust and things like that i could try to
get in now with the sides of the doors you can see that there is some play there and there is
quite a big gap there that's really difficult to seal with traditional weather stripping or door
seals and things like that so the way this brush works it mounts on your siding here
and those brushes fill the gaps in that corrugated metal now there are different sizes of brush that
you can get depending on how big your gap is i'm planning to use a two inch brush for the sides
and a three inch brush for the top now let me show you what the top looks like
now you can see up here at the top is quite a big gap up there and that's just the nature
of the door i wasn't installed incorrectly or anything like that it's just the nature
of this type of roll-up door so we're going to use the same type of brushed seal up there we're
just going to use a three inch brush to really fill that gap and that should get the job done
the way these brushes work they have enough give so that as you roll the door up and down it still
allows you to roll that door up and down easily while always filling those gaps right guys now i
hope that video helped you out if you have a metal building like this now you know all the ways you
can seal those gaps and keep out air water dust bugs and everything that you want to keep out of
your shop remember guys i am going to put a link to all these products in the description below
so make sure you check those out and if you like these kind of videos guys make sure you hit that
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that we have a lot of big projects coming up with this shop we're going to insulate we're going
to face some of the walls with barn wood we're gonna be building workbenches so if that sounds
like something you're interested in definitely subscribe and stick around for those videos
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