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Adhesive for Durable Outdoor Structures

Sean Collinsgru finishes three outdoor projects with PL Premium Max construction adhesive.

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Adhesive for Durable Outdoor Structures
Sean Collinsgru finishes three outdoor projects with PL Premium Max construction adhesive.
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      Sean Collinsgru and his crew at Premier Outdoor Living renovate backyards and build outdoor spaces full-time for their clients. In this video, Sean demonstrates practical applications where they use Loctite’s PL Premium Max construction adhesive for strong, long-lasting bonds on various outdoor structures.

      Here’s the transcript:

      Welcome to the job site. We’re doing a remodel on this house to give it a second chance. Today we’re working on the outdoor spaces. We’ll show you how we use Loctite’s PL Premium Max to ensure a long-lasting install.

      You can see here we’ve built this privacy wall and we’ve clad it with a mortarless stone veneer that’s attached with a flange system. At the top we have a smaller piece that we had to rip down and cut off that flange, so we’re going to need to rely on an adhesive to secure it to the wall. We’re using the PL Premium Max for that. I cut it at about a quarter inch. We want a nice, big glob of adhesive on here so that it holds really well. We do these globs so that if any water were to get behind the stone, there is a drainage path behind the stone overtop of our weather-resistant barrier, and we’re not going to cause any problems by having a solid bead across.

      Applying PL Premium Max to the end end cap of a pergola

      Next thing that we’re doing here is finishing up our pergola, and we want to put a nice end cap on the end of this triple-ply beam. We don’t want to jam it up with fasteners and cause any splitting in these two ends, so we’re going to put a nice bead of adhesive on here. And we want the coverage to be as full as possible to block out water, frost, and ice building up in there, and it’s going to keep this looking good for a really long time. We’ll put a couple screws in the middle just to hold it until that adhesive cures. Got my screw started. Got that good grab so I can readjust.

      Bead of PL Premium Max Our final application is building an access door to get underneath the deck. We’re going to build a pressure-treated frame. We’ve got lap joints here, and we’re going to use PL adhesive to lock this thing all together and make sure it stays square. Lap joints done, now assemble.

      The thing I like about the PL Premium Max is that it’s going to fill all of our void space. We’re not going to be relying on the fasteners. They’re just going to hold it together until that adhesive dries. It’s not going to be a finished product. This is going to be on the inside of the deck, so any excess that squeezes out is totally fine. We just want to make sure that we have a nice, secure bond.

      Now that we’ve got our frame assembled, I’m going to crawl underneath the deck and attach our frame to our skirting. Then I’ll use the track saw to cut out the deck boards, which will already be attached to our frame, and we’ll have a fully assembled door that’s good to go.

      PL Premium Max is something that we always keep on hand because it bonds to almost anything. And you never know when you’re going to need it, but you want to make sure that it’s there when you do.


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