Hi Mike, The shoot runs from the second floor to the basement. It's made of metal heat duct material. I think over time small snags and nail heads have begun to protrude from the sides of the shoot and they catch clothing on the way down the shoot. I've been able to recover the items by dropping a rope down the shoot, tieing a pillow to the rope and pulling the pillow up through the shoot. Your idea about the fiberglass sheeting sounds promising. I'll give the hardware store a call and see what they have to offer. Thanks. Take care, Ed
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Rusk Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Laundry Shoot Repair Well, I don't know how long your shoot is, but when I bought this house we had a short one from the main floor to the basement. They had used cardboard and it was in bad shape. We would lose small articles of clothing and have to reach up from the basement to locate them. I measured it and had the hardware store cut me some metal that I nailed in. I used duct tape to cover the edges and it works pretty good. I used the thin metal so the opening would be the same size and clothes wouldn't hang up. Maybe you could do something like that or get some thin panneling material to cover the snags. I believe they have fiberglass sheeting that you can get in long strips. Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Przybylek To: BlindHandyMan Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:10 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Laundry Shoot Repair Hi all, The laundry shoot in my home is beginning to snag clothing on it's way down the shoot. Trying to replace the shoot is out of the question since it would require breaking through some walls. Are there any tools or techniques that can be used to smoothe the inner walls of a laundry shoot? Are there inserts made that could replace the inner wall of a shoot without requiring that the shoot be removed? Any help greatly appreciated. Take care, Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
