Shed vermin proofing

[Vernonv]

Thanks Barry, I will check that out.

[RufflyRustic]

The 'seal stuff on my shed is metal. TotalSpan can include this in the shed order. $190 to do a 6m x 4m run, minus the personal door and the roller door area. Considering the $7k+ investment in my shed, I reckon the $190 was the best addition to the shed order and will pay for itself many times over in blocking grass, weeds and vermin.

Totalspan purposely do not use the vermaseal as is, they find the metal, um, stuff much better for their sheds. I'd have to say TotalSpan are 100% correct.

cheers
Wendy

[FlashManAB]

My post is a little late but I have the same issue. The corrugated iron / custom orb leaves perfect snake and vermin crawl-through spaces where it runs down the edge of the slab.

I bought a 20 kg bag of quick set concrete and propped a pine batton hard up to the base of the iron and the edge of the slab. I then scooped the quick set into the corrugates from the inside and swept away the excess and levelled the mix. I got the garden watering can, half filled it, removed the rose, put my thumb over the hole and streamed water down the base of the wall into the concrete. 15 minutes later, I removed the pine batton and did another 3 metres. Around corners and behind down pipes are an extra 5 minutes but I had all afternoon.
The quick set was about $8.

I thought I would share this and I hope it saves you money and from pulling out your hair!

[Vernonv]

Hi Flash,
I did think about doing something similar, but was put off a bit by this - http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/dow...dname=filename

It may not be exactly the same situation, but I didn't want to risk it.

What I have ended us using is some of that expanding foam stuff that Glock mentioned. Got a box of 12 cans for about $60 - I've done more than half the shed so far and have only used 3 cans. I should also be able to use this stuff to seal the bottom of the PA and garage (barn style) doors.

[JDub]

I used the plastic vermaseal stuff on my shed

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...hed+WIP&page=7

I am happy with it and for the small cost I think its worth it. It also made sheeting the shed easier eg the sheets just sit on the lip of the vermaseal while you fix them to the wall girts.

[Pulpo]

I just used expanding foam seems to keep most vermon out.

Occassionally had the odd mice but that's from maybe the door being open over night.

Spiders will aways get in.

Foam is the best option.

Pulpo

[Vernonv]

JDub - I did look into that stuff, but I had a lot of trouble getting a quote off the local agent ("not really sure about price" ... "could be around $xxx" ... "I'll give you a call back with the price" ... and so on) and in the end gave up and went for the foam.

Some more pics ....
1. There are some vermin that the foam just won't keep out - that's the trouble with using 4 legged lawn mowers. Although I haven't mowed the lawn in over a year.

2. How I sealed the bottom of the doors. Placed some baking (grease) paper between the door and the concrete slab. and then filled as normal.

3. View from inside. Once it has dried overnight, you simply peel off the paper and the foam sticks to the steel. So far so good.

[FlashManAB]

Hi, I think you are right. I didn't even consider that it would get damp but it rained heavily over the last few days, the water ran down the iron, wicked into the "plugs" of concrete and seeped up into the floor slab!!!

Don't do it my way!
I will have to knock them out and use the foam as advised by my estemed forum colleagues.