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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3257 |
Topic: Vent Screens Posted: 06 Aug 2017 at 7:35pm |
Nice job Dave! Glad you posted as I have been putting this off and need to get it done before going out again in a couple weeks. Yes, we have those daubers here as well as other bees and wasps that can easily go through the large vent openings. Thanks for posting.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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PilotPodder
Senior Member Joined: 04 May 2016 Location: Portage, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2017 at 5:09pm |
Great idea. Unfortunately, I paid the big bucks for the manufactured screens. They work great, but like you said, pretty expensive.
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2017 at 5:02pm |
Nice work!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2017 at 4:50pm |
Thought I’d share with you this little mod that you may find helpful. Where I live, in the South, we are “blessed” with this pesky wasp called Mud Daubers which love to make their mud nest in places like your hot water and refrigerator vents. When I looked into what already made vent screens cost I said to myself that's ridicules I can make these screens for a whole lot less and did. To do this project all you have to do is get some small tie wraps and small screen 1/8” squares or less hardware cloth at your local hardware store and a pair of straight tin shears. Make a pattern with cardboard then cut the screens out for the vents and install with the tie wraps. I used Gorilla tape to attach the screens to the vents on the water heater along with some tie wraps. The only place I bought manufactured screens for this purpose was at the furnace vents. |
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