I had to pull all that white underlayment stuff out and squeeze the water out of it. It took several days to get the juke padding to dry out. When I was sure it was dry I put a little spray adhesive on the heat padding and put it all back in. Knock on wood mine is still bone dry even after several hard rains. I used the white liquid thread sealer and applied it to the threads of the screw which seemed to work nicely.