Hello! We have a solid concrete dome home, the walls curve up to eventually become the roof. The house has leaks to the inside just about everywhere. The house was painted with Conflex XL Elastomeric before we bought it and it's now filled with water bubbles and peeling off in sheets of rubber. We are working on removing the Conflex XL, but it's not an easy task... I asked about that in the painting forum.
For the *Roof Forum* I'm wondering a few things...
The house has many flat roofing sections, all made of concrete. They are incredibly uneven, some pitch in, some have parts that pool water, all of them look bad, and all of them have the same Conflex paint on them. Is there some method that I can concrete over them with a thin layer that's pitched a bit to get the water away from the house? How would I prepare that? or would it be better, or possible to attach a wooden framed peak over these areas and then shingle them or something? I don't know anything about roofs, so if I did that, wouldn't the empty space just fill up with hornet nests and whatnot? (We also have a bad problem with giant black ants)
For the second part of my question... the house is primarily made of large pre-manufactured concrete triangles that are joined together on-site and concreted together in the joins. These joins are the weakest part of the house and I'm not sure the concrete was mixed and installed properly in the first place. Our thinking was to cover these seams (about 12" wide, 6' long) with Henry 208 or Henry's 208R and then painting the triangles between with normal, good quality latex house paint (and paint over the Henry's for looks instead of big black strips all over the house). We also plan to use Henry's on all of the flat roof areas and wall corners for extra waterproofing. The thinking is that the Henry's will create the waterproofing with a solid seal while the regularly painted triangles (made of properly mixed uncracked concrete) would allow the house to breathe because it's painted with regular paint. The Dome manufacturer (AIDomes.com, the kit maker, not the actual house builder) suggests just painting the house with a quality latex paint and to avoid Elastomerics. However at this point the house has had years with improperly applied Elastomeric and has so many problems that it *feels* like the house needs a fresh "skin" on much of it and Henry's 208 is the only thing we can come up with as novices that will give us quality long lasting results.
Thanks for taking the time to read and think! :thumbsup:
For the *Roof Forum* I'm wondering a few things...
The house has many flat roofing sections, all made of concrete. They are incredibly uneven, some pitch in, some have parts that pool water, all of them look bad, and all of them have the same Conflex paint on them. Is there some method that I can concrete over them with a thin layer that's pitched a bit to get the water away from the house? How would I prepare that? or would it be better, or possible to attach a wooden framed peak over these areas and then shingle them or something? I don't know anything about roofs, so if I did that, wouldn't the empty space just fill up with hornet nests and whatnot? (We also have a bad problem with giant black ants)
For the second part of my question... the house is primarily made of large pre-manufactured concrete triangles that are joined together on-site and concreted together in the joins. These joins are the weakest part of the house and I'm not sure the concrete was mixed and installed properly in the first place. Our thinking was to cover these seams (about 12" wide, 6' long) with Henry 208 or Henry's 208R and then painting the triangles between with normal, good quality latex house paint (and paint over the Henry's for looks instead of big black strips all over the house). We also plan to use Henry's on all of the flat roof areas and wall corners for extra waterproofing. The thinking is that the Henry's will create the waterproofing with a solid seal while the regularly painted triangles (made of properly mixed uncracked concrete) would allow the house to breathe because it's painted with regular paint. The Dome manufacturer (AIDomes.com, the kit maker, not the actual house builder) suggests just painting the house with a quality latex paint and to avoid Elastomerics. However at this point the house has had years with improperly applied Elastomeric and has so many problems that it *feels* like the house needs a fresh "skin" on much of it and Henry's 208 is the only thing we can come up with as novices that will give us quality long lasting results.
Thanks for taking the time to read and think! :thumbsup: