Thanks, Dan. Do you know if treating the barrel in advance is worthwhile? We've already talked to the local pest control folks about spraying the property on a regular basis, if I can get them to spray the barrels in advance with something to prevent termites from snacking, all the better. I'm already planning to put in a pad for whatever I decide to use, even if I start with patio blocks, since the runoff from the current drainspout has eroded a small trough towards the side of the property. The house is new and never been occupied, so nobody's paid attention to the drain spouts, but luckily the problem hasn't given me that big a divot to fill. I just want to cut off a growing problem before the mower wheels start getting caught in there.
Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:40 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rain barrel suppliers? > Note, if you use old whiskey or wine barrels, make sure you put them up on > bricks, or a cement pad or something. Especially in Florida, they will be > eaten up by termites within a year or two if you don't. > > I had a whiskey half barrel in my yard, here in Pittsburgh PA, and within > two seasons the termites had riddled the thing with so many holes the > thing just started falling apart. > > the little bastards also started getting into the house so I just had a > termite treatment done. and Florida is a lot worse than Pittsburgh. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 >
