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How would you design this enclosure to prevent water leak into the hole on a vertical outdoors wall?

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Imposter666

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Jan 15, 2021
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I need to design an enclose for a 10inch diameter hole outside a building. The enclosure needs to be metal and must prevent water leakage into this hole. What kind of enclosure would you design here and what kind of adhesive/foam or whatever you'd use between the metal and the concrete?
 
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Are these covered by the singles around the sides to lead the water over it?
 
They are a way to seal a pipe or tube with rubber around the pipe that include a metal flange you can mate to a surface. They are intended for roofs but would work in any orientation. They come in various pipe sizes and tube sizes, and various angles between the surface and pipe. I have used ones with SS bases. Without knowing your details it is hard to imagine what might work for you, so I just threw this out for ideas for you.
 
I am outside right now. I will make a sketch and add more details here once I get back home.
 
may be something like this


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Something like that picture, but ...
Cast a separate protruding pipe sleeve into the wall.
Then clamp the pipe boot to each pipe.

All kinds of boots here,
See the "Seal Pipes Through Walls" link.

Einstein gave the same test to students every year. When asked why he would do something like that, "Because the answers had changed."
 
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