How to make a speedbump-like concrete dam?

Well, we had a storm yesterday, not a drop, knock on wood.

I know that the roof IS old, but it looks like it is patched OK currently.

How do you run out of space if you own a concrete company?

Just pour a big slab someplace and start using it. ;-)

He did. ...on his neighbor's (17081's) land.

Yep, I've had to drive the 20 miles to put sandbags in the doorway. There is a trench with a steel grate there too but the drain pipe goes straight through that part of the building, two floor drains are on that pipe, then it goes out the back and dumps on the rail siding. The pipe is only 4"...it should have been a LOT bigger!

Yep, if there is standing water in front of that door we can't load or unload trucks there and we have to use the other overhead door for shipping and receiving. That side of the building is a bit higher and there's no problem with water but it's harder to move outgoing shipments through the factory to that door.

The sandbags work just fine but we have to replace them about every three years for $20 delivered from the supply house three blocks away.

Somewhat related... Does any company make a barrier sock, a super long impermeable sleeve that I would fill with sand and lay in front of the door?

If they exist, what are they called?

Ignoramus17081 fired this volley in news:VtWdnbN5mfYqJQXTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

PIGS, Inc.

LLoyd (no kiddin')

Sooooo, why didn't you add another 4" pipe for the downstream downpipe? (Sorry if I injected logic into the forum.)

-- Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. -- Albert Einstein

You can buy the strips right at the Home Depot/Lowes places. You want a nice warm day and use the correct adhesive. We did this on the fire station a few years ago when the concrete settled a bit. Easy to do and works. The only thing to keep in mind is do not turn while crossing the strips. Drive straight over them.

What are they called? I will be at HD tonihgt

The kit was near the weatherstripping and related stuff. Believe it was a garage door threshold

Yep This is the same kit.

Suspect that won't be near big enough for a commercial-size overhead door. The ones I have seen actually in use are more like parking stop strips- 6-8 inches wide, and at least a couple inches high. In addition to the glue (which helps keep water from passing under), you do need to spike them down with big lag screws.

What I would like is something 1.5-2" high, 8-10 inches wide, and some thick permanent goop to put under it to seal the gap between the floor and the bump.

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Careful, Iggy.

--Winston

Our doors are 14' X 12' and 14' X 14' industrial aluminum insulated.

We used these because they seal under the door and keep water out and are not hard to drive over. The doors set down on them and stop the water and snow. If you have 2" of water coming at the door you have a MAJOR drainage issue.

Yep. I will have to have him sign a paper to this effect. (he is parking with my permission)

Yep! For real. I occasionally get a catalog from them, even though I've never bought from them. It might be a spinoff from the MSC purchases, though it could be from other places which are less likely.

For that matter -- I keep getting e-mails wanting to purchase something machinery related from me -- always listed in parens as though someone was filling in a blank -- and of course wanting to know whether I accept credit cards. :-)

"They" also want to know how many models and the prices.

Since I don't sell *anything* -- and *especially* anything new

-- I always figured that it came from someone going through rec.crafts.metalworking to find possible victims. However, a friend who never has posted here (yes, I know that this is also cross-posted to alt.home.repair, but that is not where *I* found it :-), got one of those recently too, so who knows where they are digging up addresses.

Even if I *did* sell things, I certainly would not respond to a request like that. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

On 10/14/2011 7:54 PM, Larry Jaques wrote: \\

Well gee...let's see, how much to cut 80' of concrete floor to do the job right? $20 for sand bags every three years just kinda' makes more sense. And, like I have anything better to do than drive to the shop every once in a while. Hey I'm cheap, what can I say?

"Permission" does not appear to have the same meaning in English as it does in Legalease. The court can decide retroactively that you *did not grant legal permission* even if you did indeed grant 'permission'.

From _Tapley v. Peterson_:

"..Next, the plaintiffs use of the land was not permissive (as defendants contended), but hostile, because the ?conduct of the plaintiffs with respect to the driveway area was flatly inconsistent with any claim of permissive use.."

It sounds like you would be on much firmer ground if you *paid* your neighbor to plow snow and he *paid* you a rental fee for his parking spaces. With contracts, canceled checks and everything. Even if it is the same damn 300 dollarettes sloshing back and forth between your accounts.

I'm not a lawyer and certainly don't play one on USENET.

Please talk to your attorney about this?

--Winston

I will talk to my lawyer. But if I get my neighbor to sign a statement such as:

I am parking my vehicles on ___ ___'s property at ___ ___, Berkeley IL, with the permission of the owner, which may be revoked at any time.

___ ___ Date

That ought to be enough.

What I will also do is I will park my truck there and will take pictures, which proves that possession was not uninterrupted.