dave1949
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A wet vac would also be of use. Didn't think o it til I saw your pics.
To find your holes later, drop any important small part somewhere near a hole. Guarantee you it will go in it
Dave.
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A wet vac would also be of use. Didn't think o it til I saw your pics.
To find your holes later, drop any important small part somewhere near a hole. Guarantee you it will go in it
Dave.
CurlyDave
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Depending on your floor covering you may never notice them.
When our house was being built, they cut 1" x 2" holes with a chisel. We put carpet over them and no one can even tell they are present.
The most stressing real life issue will be if they are in a place where a walking woman might put down a high-heeled shoe. An awful lot of psi there, on a small area. If they are within an inch or two of a wall don't worry.
When our house was being built, they cut 1" x 2" holes with a chisel. We put carpet over them and no one can even tell they are present.
The most stressing real life issue will be if they are in a place where a walking woman might put down a high-heeled shoe. An awful lot of psi there, on a small area. If they are within an inch or two of a wall don't worry.
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Obed
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The snow made our street impassable so we parked a car at the bottom of the street in anticipation of the snow so we wouldn't be stranded. Today I worked from home and my wife was off of work today. Sometime today the county cleared enough of our street to make it useable. This afternoon my wife drove the tractor up and down our gravel driveway to try to help the snow melt. Her work was effective enough that we could drive our second car from the camper to the street. We left both cars today at the culdesac so we'll know we can drive our cars to work in the morning. I was afraid that tonight's freezing would make the driveway too slick tomorrow morning for our cars to traverse.
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Obed
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Here are some more snow pictures starting at the street and walking down the driveway to the house site. This time the sun was shining making for better pictures than the first snow pictures I took.
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How We Got Evicted! (Continued)
Suspect #2 Electric Company Guy
The lot we rented had an electic pole with a 200 Amp mobile home elecrical panel attached to it. Before moving the camper onto the lot, I installed a 30A RV jack and wired it to the electrical panel. We then called the electric company to install the meter and turn on power. Once power was available, we moved the camper onto the lot. Note that the electric company people never saw the camper before turning on the power.
During the first 2 weeks we were on the lot, a technician from the electric company stopped by to check on the electric pole. He knocked on the door and stammered something about we shouldn't be there in a camper. That's the last we heard from him.
Suspect #3 Paul
Paul lived 3 driveways down the street. Shortly after we moved onto the lot, a 9 month old puppy showed up while my wife was outside washing the camper. The dog was all happy to see my wife but she didn't return the sentiment. We had 2 cats so my wife didn't want to pet the dog or otherwise encourage it to hang around. She tried to shooo the dog away but it just wouldn't leave. Since the wife was washing the camper, guess what she had at her disposal? A water hose. She sprayed the dog with the water hose trying to run it off. Instead of running away, the poor dog just cowered down on the ground until my wife gave up soaking it with the water hose.
About that time Paul showed up; we had not met him before then. He was looking for his missing dog. The first thing he sees when he drives up is my wife standing there holding a water house beside his soaking wet pitiful puppy. My wife apologized and weakly tried to explain but there was really no way to convey the situation in a way a pet owner would understand.
Paul then made some comments that he didn't think we were allowed to live in a camper. He said he was considering selling his house and didn't want his property value adversely affected by our camper.
A few weeks later, with Christmas approaching, my wife made some cookies and wrapped them up. We delivered them to Paul's house hoping to garner some good will. Paul was not at home but we got to meet Paul's wife and had a short congenial conversation with her.
Suspect #2 Electric Company Guy
The lot we rented had an electic pole with a 200 Amp mobile home elecrical panel attached to it. Before moving the camper onto the lot, I installed a 30A RV jack and wired it to the electrical panel. We then called the electric company to install the meter and turn on power. Once power was available, we moved the camper onto the lot. Note that the electric company people never saw the camper before turning on the power.
During the first 2 weeks we were on the lot, a technician from the electric company stopped by to check on the electric pole. He knocked on the door and stammered something about we shouldn't be there in a camper. That's the last we heard from him.
Suspect #3 Paul
Paul lived 3 driveways down the street. Shortly after we moved onto the lot, a 9 month old puppy showed up while my wife was outside washing the camper. The dog was all happy to see my wife but she didn't return the sentiment. We had 2 cats so my wife didn't want to pet the dog or otherwise encourage it to hang around. She tried to shooo the dog away but it just wouldn't leave. Since the wife was washing the camper, guess what she had at her disposal? A water hose. She sprayed the dog with the water hose trying to run it off. Instead of running away, the poor dog just cowered down on the ground until my wife gave up soaking it with the water hose.
About that time Paul showed up; we had not met him before then. He was looking for his missing dog. The first thing he sees when he drives up is my wife standing there holding a water house beside his soaking wet pitiful puppy. My wife apologized and weakly tried to explain but there was really no way to convey the situation in a way a pet owner would understand.
Paul then made some comments that he didn't think we were allowed to live in a camper. He said he was considering selling his house and didn't want his property value adversely affected by our camper.
A few weeks later, with Christmas approaching, my wife made some cookies and wrapped them up. We delivered them to Paul's house hoping to garner some good will. Paul was not at home but we got to meet Paul's wife and had a short congenial conversation with her.
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eepete
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To drain low spots on the Advantech, we drilled 1/4" holes at the low point in the puddle. No problems. Didn't fill them since we had either hardwood floor or tile (needing backer boards). If you put carpet on the subfloor, contour the top like you were putting a flat head screw in, then wood filler (or maybee even a 1/4" x 1/2" flat head screw?) should work fine.
This lets you drill the holes where the low spots are.
Pete
This lets you drill the holes where the low spots are.
Pete
mikefromnh
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If you measure the depth and width of the puddles before drilling the holes you will know exactly how much your floor is sloping
