Which Sealant is best for re sealing bottom of kitchen units

aayush

Hi Can some please advise what is the name or which sealant is best to re seal bottom part of kitchen units
To avoid things coming from underneath

Ebe_Scrooge

Do you mean to seal where the plinth meets the floor ? Standard silicone sealant should do the job. It's commonly available in white, brown and clear colours, so just choose the one that best matches what you've got.

aayush

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Do you mean to seal where the plinth meets the floor ? Standard silicone sealant should do the job. It's commonly available in white, brown and clear colours, so just choose the one that best matches what you've got.

yes as want seal the part which is the top part

Which is ta good expanding foam to fill the area underneath and is easily removal

missile

I don't know why you would want to seal. What things come from underneath? If you do the plinth would not be "easily removable".

Grenage

Our plinths have silicone seals attached to the base - so they come away with the plinth when it's removed.

You probably want something like that, rather than silicone sealant applied to both surfaces.

Head_The_Ball

aayush wrote: »

Hi Can some please advise what is the name or which sealant is best to re seal bottom part of kitchen units
To avoid things coming from underneath

What things?

Ants? Silverfish? Woodlice? Rodents? Demons from Hell?

aayush

missile wrote: »

I don't know why you would want to seal. What things come from underneath? If you do the plinth would not be "easily removable".

well i was advises by a pest company that there holes underneath the kitchen units and thus need to seal the units and if the need be use expanding foam to fill in gaps

aayush

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

What things?

Ants? Silverfish? Woodlice? Rodents? Demons from Hell?

Rodents seem to be coming tin to flat from holes underneath the unit which i only found about recently

Stevie_Palimo

aayush wrote: »

well i was advises by a pest company that there holes underneath the kitchen units and thus need to seal the units and if the need be use expanding foam to fill in gaps

You will just be trying to hide the problem rather than fixing it and expanding foam is difficult to remove at the best of times so when access is required it may cause long term damage to the actual unit.

If you are looking to stop little bugs from crawling out from underneath then a silicone seal is sufficient here but if you have more serious issue like rats or mice then using foam will not work as you need to treat the problem rather than try and use the methods you describe.

aayush

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

You will just be trying to hide the problem rather than fixing it and expanding foam is difficult to remove at the best of times so when access is required it may cause long term damage to the actual unit.

If you are looking to stop little bugs from crawling out from underneath then a silicone seal is sufficient here but if you have more serious issue like rats or mice then using foam will not work as you need to treat the problem rather than try and use the methods you describe.

can you suggest what ii can do which will not cost to much as wish to get rid of the issue and seal the units to avoid them coming in to the flat

aayush

I have put steel wool in gaps for now but want a treat met to stop them coming in to the flat