Attaching vertical corrugated metal without screws
I want to put this inside a shower stall, but the screws would be a pain to clean around. I want to use construction adhesive floor to ceiling, but getting a lot of push-back from the plumber guy (he’d rather I tiled, anyway.) Walls are coated with MiraFlex Membrane-A #211, so no concern re: water problems.
Anyone got an idea how to adhere this?
-Eddy
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How tall is the wall and how flexible is the metal? You could simply make it self-supporting vs trying to secure it mid-field, if the metal is stiff enough.
Of course, you'd still have to deal with the edges and joints somehow.
(Big potential problems with glue in this scenario in that you have constant heating/cooling stresses, plus lots of moisture => corrosion. Any glue is apt to break down over time.)
I am installing this in a bathroom, (inside the shower stall, as well). Floor to ceiling. It's a 28 gauge panel, 8' tall and flexible, as corrugated tends to be. Corners -- jeez, you just bend it! This is an exterior painted product, so rust is not a problem.
http://www.metalsales.us.com/agricultural/products/agricultural-metal-panel/125-corrugated#.VjZftaSBbDU
I was thinking a liquid nails product, or a polyurethane like Gorilla? a hot melt polyurethane? I do NOT want screws to have to clean around -- I want it invisibly glued to the wall. How are Corian panels attached?
hmmm...
How do you plan to terminate the metal top and bottom?
Magnets.
Make your self a conical die-punch set up that will dent the metal in the shape of a flat-head-screw head. Punch the metal wherever you want screws so that when they are inserted they are countersunk flush with the metal (you'll have to do this in the valleys). Use stainless steel flat head wood or sheet metal screws set in silicone. Wipe off the excess sealant.
I expect you copuld bond it
I expect you could bond it to the walls with any construcion adhesive like Power Grab but my concern would be how your plan to seal around the shower valve. You could also nail it up with small nails.
Perhaps you should clarify -- is this to be a "finished" bathroom in a home, or something like a shower off a workshop or barn? That is, would you be worried about a little bit of leakage?
im with your plumber...specially since you dont have a clearly defined plan on how to install the metal.
In your back yard frame up a crude dummy setup, including your edge treatments and some sort of a dummy valve assembly. Experiment. Be sure to include flooding it with a hose to see how that works out.
If you insist on doing this....
......don't run the glue along the corrigation and apply it to the wall. Use wiggle moulding horizontally as furring strips and glue the metal to the mouldings. You'll get much more contact area this way. The mouldings that are made to run parallel to the corrigations tend to be a little thicker. You could use these, too, but you should cut them down to match the thickness of the wiggle mouldings. If you use both you'll get a lot of area exposed to glue, not just the tops of the corrigations (or bottoms depending on your point of view.)