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Posted by jthread on November 5, 2007, 11:34 am
>>
>>>> My kids (2.5 boys), ride their trikes down the driveway (a small, safe
>>>> incline) and use my shed to stop the ride. Eventually, they are going
>>>> to damage the wooden door.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts about what I could use to prolong the life of the shed
>>>> door? I checked out the local HD, and didn't see anything that I
>>>> thought I could use as a safe bumper.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on this?
>>>>
>>>
>>> A nearby state park has a huge hill that they open for inner-tube
>>> sliding when it's snowing. Trees and other hard objects are padded with
>>> bales of hay. Works nicely. For your purposes, put a thick rope around
>>> the bale so you can drag it out of the way easily. When the hay begins
>>> to decompose, spread it somewhere as mulch.
>>>
>> i wouldn't do that. it would hold the moisture against the shed.
>>
>
> That's the reason for the ropes - to move the bales away. Almost anything
> he attaches to the door is going to trap moisture.
>
I'm not sure u want to go there. you even said yourself when the hay
decomposes. he said it was a wood door. I had a similar situation in new
mexico. I had a compost pile near my shed and the over flow started to rot
the shed. A good rule of thumb is anything you put on your walls, make sure
the rain runs off easily and you definitely wouldn't use anything that can
trap moisture. like hay.
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