Cracked storage lid help please

 Hi Ya i have managed to crack the lid on my storage box but unsure what to use to repair it and make it water tight again.
The split is a semi circle and about the size of a hand.
Thanks 

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  • Mr.Generous
    Mr.Generous Posts: 3,947 Forumite
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    Silicone? Flexible car body repair stuff like Plastic Pading?
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  • WIAWSNB
    WIAWSNB Posts: 443 Forumite
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    GT60 said:
     Hi Ya i have managed to crack the lid on my storage box but unsure what to use to repair it and make it water tight again.
    The split is a semi circle and about the size of a hand.
    Thanks 

    Does it move much when you open the lid - is it noticeably weakened? If yes, then you may need a proper solid repair using, say, fibreglass body filler - the stuff used to fill holes on car bodies. It has chopped strand glass fibre in it, so sets hard and strong.
    If it moves only a small amount, you may get away with a nice bead of StixAll.
    In either case, you fix it from the underneath, and start by thoroughly abrading the surface to make sure it's clean and well 'keyed'.
    For the StixAll, force it into the crack itself, wiping off excess from the outside, and then add a good thick bead all down the crack, smoothing it off firmly against the surrounding surface to seal and bond it. It sets like rubber, tough and durable. 
  • GT60
    GT60 Posts: 2,354 Forumite
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    I though about fibre glass but wasn't certain it would flex when and if the cracked moved when i opened the lid.
    Thanks 
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  • GT60
    GT60 Posts: 2,354 Forumite
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    WOW just WOW 
    I emailed Keter Consumer Service UK last night to see if i could purchase a lid for my old 2021 box
    "Unfortunately they 
    do not sell parts; we only provide replacements for products under warranty once a dated receipt/invoice is provided."

    They asked me to provide photos of the damage and the part number for the lid and even gave me the assembly instructions with the part numbers attached to their rep[y and said if in stock they will send one out as a good will gesture. :) 
    Guess who's getting a new lid FOC :) 
    Now that's what i call fantastic Customer service.
     


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  • Mr.Generous
    Mr.Generous Posts: 3,947 Forumite
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    Great to hear of a British company giving such good service.
    Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.
  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 17,866 Forumite
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    That is superb customer service, and I seem to recall somebody else having a similar experience with them some years ago.  Good customer service ain't dead yet.
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