Martyn110

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2015

• #1

Guess what happened here ??
I got fed up of wind squeezing in small gaps and rain trickling in, so today I bought some smoke bombs and it worked great.
I could see lots of place where smoke could escape sealed them up and tried testing with water cured most leaks and stopped a lot of wind noise.

 

Flossie

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• Nov 22, 2015

• #2

That's a good idea! Lol!

 

Martyn110

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2015

• #3

It worked very well I'll see tomorrow morning how successful it really is

 

Zigster

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2015

• #4

And as an added bonus you'll have no fleas in your Landy

 

Woldsguy

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• Nov 22, 2015

• #5

What did you seal the gaps with?

 

Martyn110

Active Member

• Nov 22, 2015

• #6

Woldsguy said:

What did you seal the gaps with?

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Adhesive Foam tape from my local marine store and PU sealer works a treat

 

Al2O3

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Full Member

• Nov 22, 2015

• #7

Did it not leave a smell or dirt everywhere?

 

Martyn110

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• Nov 23, 2015

• #8

Al2O3 said:

Did it not leave a smell or dirt everywhere?

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No it lasted for about a hour with. The doors closed I just opens them for the rest of the afternoon and the small was gone

 

norseman

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• Nov 23, 2015

• #9

That has to be the most original idea this year
I don't have a series that needs sealing, but just out of interest where did you get the smoke-bomb from?

 

bankz5152

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• Nov 23, 2015

• #10

Clever! You can get them off Amazon, ebay where ever, the little ones anyway for testing fireplaces and the like.

If you want something a bit more heavy duty look up TLSFX or Enola Gaye

 

Discokids

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• Nov 23, 2015

• #11

This must be what the local 'yoof' are all doing in the park near where I live, not sure why they do it at night though - or why they don't actually get out and look for gaps, just seem to go to sleep instead.

 

Martyn110

Active Member

• Nov 23, 2015

• #12

norseman said:

That has to be the most original idea this year
I don't have a series that needs sealing, but just out of interest where did you get the smoke-bomb from?

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Yep I bought it from the local hardware store.

 

Martyn110

Active Member

• Nov 23, 2015

• #13

Discokids said:

This must be what the local 'yoof' are all doing in the park near where I live, not sure why they do it at night though - or why they don't actually get out and look for gaps, just seem to go to sleep instead.

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They are pretty boring all they do is smoke no flames or sparks

 

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LifetimeLandy

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• Nov 23, 2015

• #14

Martyn110 said:

They are pretty boring all they do is smoke no flames or sparks

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You can get them from your local garden centre, normally used for killing white flies and other nasties in a greenhouse. Also good if you've got an old house with silver fish or any other unwanted creepy crawlys. Unfortunately, no good for computer bugs.