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Built a 2x6 framed spray insulated earth contact metal garage on slab. We planned to live in it until we built a house, but it has turned out so nice, think we'll just live in our metal barn and build a garage .
When the contractor built the barn they did not wrap the building. They just screwed the metal on the 2x6s and sprayed the open cell spray insulation on the metal. Once we moved in, we had a hard wind driven rain and the windows leaked. I assumed it was running down the metal siding, hitting the J trimming around the windows and running behind the siding to the sill plate and running into the house. Contractor came and chalked around the windows and the J trim, still leaked. He then drilled holes around 1 window and sprayed in more open cell insulation and chalked between the window and the J trim (about a 1/16 inch gap). That window stopped leaking. Contractor came back and chalked all windows between window and J trim. Tested one window and it still leaked. Contractor came out and chalked around J trim and the siding and touched up the chalk between window and J trim. Have not tested this window yet.
My concern is the contractor is going to keep chalking until he stops the leaks and then a few years from now the leaks will start again and it will be my problem for ever.
Any one have experience with this? What is the proper way to fix this permanently?
Thanks for any help.
When the contractor built the barn they did not wrap the building. They just screwed the metal on the 2x6s and sprayed the open cell spray insulation on the metal. Once we moved in, we had a hard wind driven rain and the windows leaked. I assumed it was running down the metal siding, hitting the J trimming around the windows and running behind the siding to the sill plate and running into the house. Contractor came and chalked around the windows and the J trim, still leaked. He then drilled holes around 1 window and sprayed in more open cell insulation and chalked between the window and the J trim (about a 1/16 inch gap). That window stopped leaking. Contractor came back and chalked all windows between window and J trim. Tested one window and it still leaked. Contractor came out and chalked around J trim and the siding and touched up the chalk between window and J trim. Have not tested this window yet.
My concern is the contractor is going to keep chalking until he stops the leaks and then a few years from now the leaks will start again and it will be my problem for ever.
Any one have experience with this? What is the proper way to fix this permanently?
Thanks for any help.