Bob wrote. I'm not talking about window screen, it's the larger heavier duty stuff with holes you can count. I just can't think of the name right now.
That's called hardware cloth. Chicken wire has much larger holes. The holes in hardware cloth are about 1/4 inch. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] flood plain > If I was going to choose I'd go with the cinder block. Just because it's > larger and that means the job will be done faster. I don't see how that > will keep things from clogging the drain though. I would be more tempted > to get some heavy duty screen material and lay it under the grade. That > way you don't block the drain and nothing large will be able to get past > the screen. > > I'm not talking about window screen, it's the larger heavier duty stuff > with holes you can count. I just can't think of the name right now. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:42 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] flood plain > > > Hello, > recently, during a rain, I had a flood. Wouldn't have happened if there > hadn't been debris in the drain cover. > However, wouldn't have happened if I wasn't at the lowest point of three > houses. > Right, when the neighbors say that they aren't having trouble, it's > because their water can flow down to my driveway. > So here's my thought: > I want to cement a 2 cinderblock long mini wall on my side of the > property > line. Wife might like that for putting the basket of clothes for hanging. > It will most certainly cause less strain on my drain. (I have to keep it > absolutely clear or I pay) > My piping is great, but crap drifts and it could be a plastic bag or such > that causes my trouble. > Overnight is a long time for accumulation and I wake to "splat splat" > when > i go to get something from the back of the basement. > > So, what do i do? > Remove grass, do some scarifying? > Will hydrolic cement hold cinderblocks? Ihave loads of that stuff. > Thanks for the advice. The backs of the houses look like block or I'd > love > to use brick. Any advantage to either? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > >
