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   Bill_Richardson | May 13, 2000 06:33pm | #1

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   I'm not quite sure that I know what your're looking for but I'll take a stab at this. Quite awhile ago I had to collect fluid and gunk leaking from a number of sources and drip points, a friend loaned me an extra large cookie (baking) sheet. These are really large industrial size sheets (3'x4' or more) and they can be bought for a fair price at restraunt supply businesses. Where are you located? Batavia Restraunt Supply in Batavia, NY has them. Hope this helps.

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   Guest_ | May 13, 2000 07:32pm | #2

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   Home depot. I used to work in plumbing there, and they had 2 or 3 sizes/shapes.

   Sean

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   Guest_ | May 13, 2000 09:18pm | #3

   *Has been often discussed in past. Search archives.Mr. Pita, I'm not surprised that you worked at HD, but that you admit it! How was it? (BTW, I think they are a fine company financially but wouldn't want to work there, at least not on the floor .. the customers can be wicked nasty, for one thing. I've almost intervened a couple of times.)

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   norm_E | May 14, 2000 04:53am | #4

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   Check out the adds in Fine Homebuliding. There is usually one for a product I believe is called "Flood Saver". It should do what you want.

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   Guest_ | May 14, 2000 07:07am | #5

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   Well, it had its good times and its bad times. I just don't think I was there for the good times . Seriously, though, it wasn't that bad. Although, the store I was at was pretty good compared to the others around me. I am located about equidistant from three stores, including where I worked. My store was King of Prussia, PA. The customer base for it includes the Main Line area of Philly. Um, what's a polite way of saying money? and lots of it? The other stores close to me are, shall we say, less desirable?

   I was up there tonight, in fact. They recently went to 24 hr. operation, and I was talking to an old coworker. She said they don't really have enough staff for when they were open 6-11, let alone 24 hr. Serves them right, I figure. When I left, it was with 2 days notice. I had another opportunity that I kinda had to rush into, and I didn't have a choice about the timing. I was offered a BIG raise to get paid training as a programmer, and I jumped. My manager then marked me ineligible for rehire. I can't really blame him, as I still feel guilty (it's not my nature to leave people hanging) since we were already short staffed in the department. But, he also had me working overnights for 6 weeks straight (including a very small asleep-at-the-wheel accident) to build some UGLY kitchen sink displays. So, they could have had 40 hours of additional floor coverage...that helped my decision. Three years later, I'm still a programmer. And both the manager and his sink displays were gone six months later. Heh heh. But enough off thread rambling. Short story is they weren't too bad except that manager, and I would probably even go back part time if they'd let me. My dept. supervisor became the new manager, and he already tried. I'm told I can only go to work there if Bernie or Arthur (the co-founders) approves it. :)

   Sean

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   Guest_ | May 14, 2000 07:32am | #6

   *Open 24 hours? I can only imagine. The HD near us once tried extending their hours to midnight. It worked, but the problem was that after about 11:00, everyone there was so grouchy that you didn't dare ask anyone anything or you'd get your head bitten off. They eventually went back to 10:00 closing.

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   Guest_ | May 14, 2000 07:33am | #7

   *Yes, we've used the Flood Saver before - 2nd floor laundry, etc. It seemed like a good product.

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   Guest_ | May 15, 2000 02:44am | #8

   *Ditto.It appears to integrate a pan and a wall 'backsplash' with the supply and drain molded into it.

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   Guest_ | May 15, 2000 05:00am | #9

   *Thanks for the feedback y'all. Don't know where that thing about HD came form, but it was still good to know!toodles

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   Guest_ | May 15, 2000 06:44am | #10

   *It won't hold a full 8 gals of water, which is a full size washer capacity. It also won't hold a couple hundred gals of water when the hose breaks. Its just a stupid piece of plastic.My suggestion for new construction is one of the smart shutoffs, that electronically shut off the water when the water is on, and the washer is not; or a standard floor drain.

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   Guest_ | May 15, 2000 05:13pm | #11

   *I built mine like a small mud-base for a shower, with a membrane liner and a floor drain. I figured I was doing fine simply piping the floor drain as far as the basement for the time being, and went on to put out some of the other fires arising from readying a new house for occupancy. Guess what? No more than a week after we moved in, the washer overflowed and flooded the basement. The next weekend, I finished running the drain to the outside, probably guaranteeing that the washer will never again overflow.

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   Guest_ | May 15, 2000 05:44pm | #12

   *I've not heard of these smart shutoffs and am interested. Can you give me a little more information? Brand names? Thanks for any information!

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   james_mcpherson | May 20, 2000 06:47pm | #13

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   I have just purchased a flood saver(saw it advertised in NH) as I am putting my laundry room in the upstairs. It will contain an infinite amount of water in a spill as it has a shower drain in the bottom panel. It seems like an excellent idea.

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   Bill_Brennen | May 20, 2000 11:07pm | #14

   *When I built my mountain home in 1985 we moved in to bare subfloors. The ply under the washer had water stains when I got ready to floor the laundry room, so I built a mud pan, probably like Andy's, with a 1.5" ABS out the bottom. I aimed it at the floor drain in the crawlspace below (has a slab), figuring that if it was tied into the house plumbing it would need manual trap replenishment to maintain the seal. The water softener keeps the seal alive in the floor drain. Draining to daylight is good, but was not an option for me. Another function of the pan is to restrain the washer from dancing off from a wildly unbalanced load, ripping the hose out of the drain. It works great.Bill

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   Guest_ | May 22, 2000 02:26am | #15

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   Forget the pan: slope the floor to a drain and tile the floor.

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   Guest_ | May 24, 2000 05:36am | #16

   *The concensus here is build your own . I recently purchased and installed a 'Flood Saver'. It will do the job but it's a bit on the flimsey side.Ive had milk jugs that are thicker than this thing was.

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   Sue_Dumas | May 24, 2000 05:55pm | #17

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   Re: Designs in cedar clapboards on house exteriors...we have a "blank canvas" above a two car garage facing the street which we would like to decorate with a scene (birds flying, fish jumping, something along those lines). We recall a short article many years ago in Fine Homebuilding that featured similar artwork but are unable to locate the specific issue by searching the archives. Does anyone recall that issue and/or does anyone have any suggestions for other references or technique???

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   Guest_ | May 25, 2000 01:36am | #18

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   Anybody know where I can find a washing machine tray to protect from leaks? Its for new construction. Thanks in advance!

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   Guest_ | May 25, 2000 01:36am | #19

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   Dave

   Check out Floodsaver.com

   Vince