Hi. I have a 22 year old steel building with a few rust holes caused by roof panels too short to hit the gutters. I extended the roof panels to stop the cause of the rust. Now I want to close the holes as best as I can without removing the exterior gutter. Scab on a piece of same metal? Sill seal? Some kind of permanent expanding foam?
Red metal rust through
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jack stand
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It sounds to me like you want to make cosmetic "repairs" when my first thought is a structural concern.
This type of building doesn't count on redundancy (of many smaller members like in a wood framed structure) but rather larger structural members spaced further apart making each piece more important or "do more work" .
This didn't happen overnight and I may be a little over dramatic as it looks straight, but some further inspection is certainly called for before your just "paint a turd".
It could be as simple as scabbing on a 2x something to the inside.
This type of building doesn't count on redundancy (of many smaller members like in a wood framed structure) but rather larger structural members spaced further apart making each piece more important or "do more work" .
This didn't happen overnight and I may be a little over dramatic as it looks straight, but some further inspection is certainly called for before your just "paint a turd".
It could be as simple as scabbing on a 2x something to the inside.
My Old Tools
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I would be inclined to unsheet it and replace that member. Short of that, weld in some 2x2x1/8 angle iron several feet long.