Craig-TX
Well-known member
I’ve got a concrete water trough that is about to get the best of me. It was built about 60 years ago. It never used to leak but it does now. The water is slowly seeping through a hairline crack between two separate pours. It’s not a straight line, just the seam left when they were mixing another wheelbarrow of concrete. Obviously it’s causing a big mess all around the trough and this winter it will be slicker than owl sh-t when it freezes. This is in a high traffic area at the lot and I’m about sick of messing with it.
I’ve tried almost everything including epoxy and silicone. The problem is that the crack is too tight inject any type of sealant and the inside of the trough is sloughing off in wafer thin flakes so nothing holds.
I’m either going to have to plaster all the sides and hope it’s not too brittle or swab the inside with roofing tar. Unless somebody has a better idea. I’m all ears.
Craig-TX
I’ve tried almost everything including epoxy and silicone. The problem is that the crack is too tight inject any type of sealant and the inside of the trough is sloughing off in wafer thin flakes so nothing holds.
I’m either going to have to plaster all the sides and hope it’s not too brittle or swab the inside with roofing tar. Unless somebody has a better idea. I’m all ears.
Craig-TX