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vrocious
11-06-2009, 04:04 PM
ok maybe a builder of industrial and commercial can explain this too me, why the fuck are the using pool noodles in the roof? is it some sort of insulation or shock absorption?

http://www.lionslair.net.au/user_imgs/1495.jpg
vrocious
11-06-2009, 04:05 PM
thats in the new undercover carpark
kiasu
11-06-2009, 04:13 PM
im guessing its used as a backing for when they put the sealant in the gap.. or to keep the rats/abos out.
fsbk
11-06-2009, 04:14 PM
i'm not too sure but i'd guess for the expansion of concrete. you cant put 2 slabs of concrete flush against each other because when it expands from heat it would just crack the concrete. as for pool noodles haha i guess they just look similar to the rubber they use to absorb the expansion?
nicecar
11-06-2009, 04:14 PM
expansion joints?
nicecar
11-06-2009, 04:18 PM
i'm not too sure but i'd guess for the expansion of concrete. you cant put 2 slabs of concrete flush against each other because when it expands from heat it would just crack the concrete. as for pool noodles haha i guess they just look similar to the rubber they use to absorb the expansion?

Beat me to it, go back to sydney
Bakerboy
11-06-2009, 04:33 PM
yeh my old mans a grano but that is fucky dodgy using that shit should be using proper stuff
Brett_J
11-06-2009, 04:40 PM
yeh my old mans a grano but that is fucky dodgy using that shit should be using proper stuff

The proper stuff is foam, that stuff would be better.Go away from this forum, you are an idiot.

Its for when they seal them up, we used to use round foam strips of various sizing depending on the size of the gap when I was doing building water proofing. Usually you would seal it up after with a bead of polyurethane sealant.
yeahlow34
11-06-2009, 04:49 PM
The proper stuff is foam, that stuff would be better.Go away from this forum, you are an idiot.

Its for when they seal them up, we used to use round foam strips of various sizing depending on the size of the gap when I was doing building water proofing. Usually you would seal it up after with a bead of polyurethane sealant.

Yeah usually just a simple adhesive foam. Usually alot thinner then the width of those pool noodles. Accounts for thermal expansion.

Got piles of the shit on our site. Fucking leaks like a pingpingpingping.

And in agreeance with idiot comment.
Bakerboy
11-06-2009, 04:55 PM
yeh but as u can see with that shit its moving around half falling out wtf is it good for if its falling out
yeahlow34
11-06-2009, 05:09 PM
yeh but as u can see with that shit its moving around half falling out wtf is it good for if its falling out

I dont actually think thats an expansion joint. Looks to be some sort of ventilation shaft as there's rods running between the concrete. Either way it's some horrible workmanship. I'd say the pool noodles are an attempt to block what is essentially a shit looking gap.
dmwill
11-06-2009, 05:28 PM
Hmmm...I need some more pool noodles to protect edges of the car doors.

Slice them down the middle long ways and liquid nail them to the wall of the garage.
Tocchi
11-06-2009, 06:15 PM
they sting when you get whipped with them... had a heap out the front of my house. so yeh. lol
Scaf
11-06-2009, 06:16 PM
Great story Tocchi lol
Rantopotamus
11-06-2009, 07:03 PM
tocchi! haha
luke20t
11-06-2009, 07:31 PM
Brett_J is right. used to fill the gap in between slabs. then sealed with like a soft rubbery glue.