Kevin, hardware cloth is the answer. When we were children they called it chicken wire and one can by it from any hardware store.
Phil Parr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Doucet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question building screens > Hi list, > > My house is on a hill and the ground in the back rises so that my > crawl space vents are , slightly, below ground. As many may know this > sort of structure has a wall of bricks around the perimeter of the > vents in a manner which is called a well. I can actually > sit comfortably on these brick walls surrounding the vents. Well, > Every fall I get lots of leaves in these wells. I want to build > frames with a screen material to place on top of these wells to catch > the leaves so I can easily dump them off, instead of digging all the > leaves out. So, what ideas do you have to make the screens in a > manner to serve my purpose and still be strong enough to stand up to > the task. I don't feel just the screen material will be strong enough > to sustain the weight of the leaves on their own. Might need some > sort of frame work of rods or something. > > I feel I may need to use pressure treated wood. What do all of you think. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Kevin Doucet > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > confuse as says > > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.7 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > 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 > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html 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 The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/