What is happening to my sliding door tracks??
Aluminum door tracks (Fleetwood) are corroding and in many spots there is some firm goo that pushes up through the corrosion. I can scrape it away with a flat head screwdriver, but it eventually comes back. Same door setup on other side of the house doesn’t have this issue. House is on a slab. You can see the outside decking (concrete) is about 6” lower and the house is sided w stucco. One issue could be that water runs along this wall in heavy rain which slowly ruins the stucco, but is that what’s causing the track to corrode from the underside? I think I read somewhere that concrete and aluminum have a chemical reaction with each other?? Whatever it is, it’s irritating and I probably need to replace the tracks but don’t want it to happen again. submitted by /u/chickeneye6 [link] [comments]
| | Aluminum door tracks (Fleetwood) are corroding and in many spots there is some firm goo that pushes up through the corrosion. I can scrape it away with a flat head screwdriver, but it eventually comes back. Same door setup on other side of the house doesn’t have this issue. House is on a slab. You can see the outside decking (concrete) is about 6” lower and the house is sided w stucco. One issue could be that water runs along this wall in heavy rain which slowly ruins the stucco, but is that what’s causing the track to corrode from the underside? I think I read somewhere that concrete and aluminum have a chemical reaction with each other?? Whatever it is, it’s irritating and I probably need to replace the tracks but don’t want it to happen again. [link] [comments] |
