Skylight crack repair
Has anyone here attempted to weld a cracked skylight made of polycarbonate? I finally found a new dome but if I can fix it for a few cents instead of $140 plus shipping for a new dome, it would be wo...
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Well Folks, I am following the replace it posts, not because I want to but because there are quite a few cracks and several, maybe thousands of little hairline fractures just waiting for a little twisting or a tree limb or maybe even a gull to land on the dome.
I am skipping on the $140, plus shipping and buying from Lichtsinn. It's $11 more but I know that it is an exact replacement for the original dome.
I am not however going to use the same adhesive that Winnie used. It nay work but not applied the way the factory used it. There is some damage to the roof substrate and in part it was cause by the adhesive being installed in a very narrow area and not adhering well.
The roof is fiberglass laid over luan and foam under the roof. The foam is not glued to the luan. A small area if the luan has delaminated and I have a excellent waterproof adhesive that I will use to glue the lams back together. The glue is from a mill in Oregon and is used to laminate beams. I have some 1.5" by .125" mild steel that I intend to put between the luan and the foam. I will drill holes for mounting in the steel and use sheet metal screw to put the skylight, fiberglass and luan tight together and give the screws a better bite that just the glass and luan. I'l start work nextweek after this current storm has past, I'll post some pictures whan I'm done.
I am skipping on the $140, plus shipping and buying from Lichtsinn. It's $11 more but I know that it is an exact replacement for the original dome.
I am not however going to use the same adhesive that Winnie used. It nay work but not applied the way the factory used it. There is some damage to the roof substrate and in part it was cause by the adhesive being installed in a very narrow area and not adhering well.
The roof is fiberglass laid over luan and foam under the roof. The foam is not glued to the luan. A small area if the luan has delaminated and I have a excellent waterproof adhesive that I will use to glue the lams back together. The glue is from a mill in Oregon and is used to laminate beams. I have some 1.5" by .125" mild steel that I intend to put between the luan and the foam. I will drill holes for mounting in the steel and use sheet metal screw to put the skylight, fiberglass and luan tight together and give the screws a better bite that just the glass and luan. I'l start work nextweek after this current storm has past, I'll post some pictures whan I'm done.
