I live in a condo and have an outside balcony with sliding glass doors. The outside area (around the very top of the doors) has about a 6 foot line of "very chunky and thick" yellow caulking running across it. I've already taken the route of asking for help from complex, but to no avail.
I've tried to cover it up with homemade banners and then foliage from Michael's but, it's still very obvious...hard to reach and whatever is up there blows away.
Does anyone have any ideas or experience? It really really looks bad if you're sitting out there and once you come upon the condo (looking from the outside).
Thanks ahead!
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If you live in a condo the condo is responsible for the outside. Contact the maintenance department or whoever is responsible for such things. That is why you pay a monthly maintenance fee.
You have to be very careful in what you do to the outside of this condo. I am afraid that any work has to be done by the complex. You could try taking pictures and sharing them with condo maintenance/association.
Condo's are notoriously difficult to work with, especially if you're renting. The owner likely cares only about getting your payment -- unless the homeowner's association fines them for "outside appearance" violations. So, again assuming you're a renter, you could ask an owner to bring this to the attention of the Board. Another thought might be, if you intend to stay there for multiple leases, to offer to split the cost of repair with the owner if the Board can broker that on your behalf, and you could pay a little on it each month with your rent.
All that said, I saw this tip on a handyman site: "The best solution for yellow and caulking is spraying it with bleach water mix and putting saran wrap over top and letting it sit until it's white again." However, as another commenter noted -- if this damages the caulk you could be held responsible. Best to try on a small area first. Good luck!
What's interesting to me about this situation is that if you accidentally managed to destroy or break the glass doors, the management would get a clue and actually do their job viz a viz fixing the bad caulking job.
Barring that, you could fix it yourself on the sly by removing the bad caulking with an exacto knife and putting it in anew.
Maybe you could cover it up with some Flex-Seal, or paint with a type of paint that will work on flexible materials like that. Good luck!
Wow, these are very ambitious and insightful ideas. I was not going to attempt to repair it, but rather cover it up with something like a fabric or something very light. :)
There is no where to tack anything up either which makes it harder. Just brick! Plus I have to crane my neck and stand up on a ladder to get up there. It's one of those things. :(
I appreciate the responses!
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