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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? |
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oups.com... 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. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "jthread" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... 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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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:11 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"jthread" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... 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. barbed wire won't |
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On Nov 5, 11:12 am, wrote:
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 swift whack to the behind every time they do it, until they stop doing it. It's called PARENTING. Try it sometime. Maybe they'll grow up having learned to respect other people's property. Or, just let them keep it up until one of them takes a header into the door. Guaranteed to stop any future door-ramming escapades. |
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"AZ Nomad" wrote in message ... On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:11 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "jthread" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... 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. barbed wire won't he could hammer large nails through the door so they point outwards. but the kids would attract moisture. and then there is all that blood. |
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:33:20 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote:
wrote: 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? And folks wonder why this generation of kids have little respect for property, no discipline, and parents who are total oblivions. BTW: how do you get 2.5 boys? Somebody do a solomon on one of them? Or is one of them a hermaphrodite? A bit queer? Mother wanted a girl and dresses one them up as one? |
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That reminds me of a story with me and my Dad! I'm 65 now, and we were from the old school. Dad was a steel worker here in Western Pa.,and you just didn't do things like that..I went down our driveway, with my wagon, (Radio Flyer), and hit the garage door! "You do that again and I'll brake your goddamn neck! Different time,times change, Dad didn't believe in holding back! I miss him...by the way, the next day he got 2 old tires from the garage and layed them down in front of the door, in case I would loose control again! My 2 cents |
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... That reminds me of a story with me and my Dad! I'm 65 now, and we were from the old school. Dad was a steel worker here in Western Pa.,and you just didn't do things like that..I went down our driveway, with my wagon, (Radio Flyer), and hit the garage door! "You do that again and I'll brake your goddamn neck! Different time,times change, Dad didn't believe in holding back! I miss him...by the way, the next day he got 2 old tires from the garage and layed them down in front of the door, in case I would loose control again! My 2 cents I've killed my son at least 100 times, but he keeps coming back. :-) |
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On Nov 5, 12:45 pm, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:33:20 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote: wrote: 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? And folks wonder why this generation of kids have little respect for property, no discipline, and parents who are total oblivions. BTW: how do you get 2.5 boys? Somebody do a solomon on one of them? Or is one of them a hermaphrodite? A bit queer? Mother wanted a girl and dresses one them up as one? I dropped a few characters there - they are 2.5 years old - twin boys. And just learning to get around on the big wheels... they are too young to punish for "riding down the hill." WHile I do appreciate the parenting advice, I was just looking for something to protect the shed until they have better motor skills and can be expected to stop and ride in control. |
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On Nov 5, 10:12 am, wrote:
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? Well if it's just a matter of protecting the door, you could reinforce it at the crucial height with, say, a piece of 2X8 going across. But it sounds like you want cushioning also. The traditional solution is old tire tread. But I think those steel belted tires are pretty hard to cut up. Some closed-cell foam might be good, such as one of those roll-up ground pads for campling, the cheep ones are maybe $10, or a couple of those pads they make for gardeners to kneel on. But this will likely be a short phase in your kids' lives. Here is what I would do: go to one of those package-shipping stores and get a roll of bubble wrap. Staple a couple layers of that across the door. Then when they hit it will go bang, even more fun than before. Be nice to your kids and maybe they won't grow up to be mean grumpy people like the other posters. -- H |
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On Nov 5, 12:45 pm, AZ Nomad wrote: On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:33:20 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote: wrote: 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? And folks wonder why this generation of kids have little respect for property, no discipline, and parents who are total oblivions. BTW: how do you get 2.5 boys? Somebody do a solomon on one of them? Or is one of them a hermaphrodite? A bit queer? Mother wanted a girl and dresses one them up as one? I dropped a few characters there - they are 2.5 years old - twin boys. And just learning to get around on the big wheels... they are too young to punish for "riding down the hill." WHile I do appreciate the parenting advice, I was just looking for something to protect the shed until they have better motor skills and can be expected to stop and ride in control. Build a brick wall in front of the shed? -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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Be nice to your kids and maybe they won't grow up to be mean grumpy people like the other posters. -- H They'll just grow up to be egocentric, undisciplined riff-raff instead. -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:21:51 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote:
wrote: On Nov 5, 12:45 pm, AZ Nomad wrote: On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:33:20 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote: wrote: 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? And folks wonder why this generation of kids have little respect for property, no discipline, and parents who are total oblivions. BTW: how do you get 2.5 boys? Somebody do a solomon on one of them? Or is one of them a hermaphrodite? A bit queer? Mother wanted a girl and dresses one them up as one? I dropped a few characters there - they are 2.5 years old - twin boys. And just learning to get around on the big wheels... they are too young to punish for "riding down the hill." WHile I do appreciate the parenting advice, I was just looking for something to protect the shed until they have better motor skills and can be expected to stop and ride in control. Build a brick wall in front of the shed? Supervision would be in order. If they're not responsible for their actions, then you are. |
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wrote in message oups.com... 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? Can you build a "moat" in front of the shed and fill it with a few inches of round gravel? Make a "runaway ramp" out of it. The gravel also will help prevent injuries when they fall onto it. Slope the moat so it doesn't drop all at once when they hit it. Bob |
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On Nov 5, 4:40 pm, wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:12:24 -0000, wrote: 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? All you need is a stick about 2 or 3 feet long and an inch thick. When the kids drive their bikes into the shed, SPANK THEIR BUTTS. Problem solved ! If i had done this as a kid I would have gotten my butt kicked. Of course if you want to enable this behavior, you could put up a rail using posts and a plank, and cover the surface with half tires bolted to it. I am wondering how long those bikes will last? Dont the brakes work on them? re; Dont the brakes work on them? Trikes and/or Big Wheels don't have brakes, other than sheer leg strength on the pedals preventing the front wheel from turning. I wouldn't expect a 2.5 YO to have that type of strength or coordination. |
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wrote in message oups.com... 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? OK, another idea. Line up a bunch of gallon plastic milk jugs along the shed. Add sand inside them to hold them in place, or fill them with water to make them absorb energy, and spray water all over the place. Or a little sand, and foam shipping "peanuts". Bob |
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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:23:21 -0800, DerbyDad03
wrote: On Nov 5, 4:40 pm, wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:12:24 -0000, wrote: 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? All you need is a stick about 2 or 3 feet long and an inch thick. When the kids drive their bikes into the shed, SPANK THEIR BUTTS. Problem solved ! If i had done this as a kid I would have gotten my butt kicked. Of course if you want to enable this behavior, you could put up a rail using posts and a plank, and cover the surface with half tires bolted to it. I am wondering how long those bikes will last? Dont the brakes work on them? re; Dont the brakes work on them? Trikes and/or Big Wheels don't have brakes, other than sheer leg strength on the pedals preventing the front wheel from turning. I wouldn't expect a 2.5 YO to have that type of strength or coordination. Ok, then restrict the kids to not using that hill. If they do, spank their butts. End of problem ! |
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Oh pshaw, on Mon 05 Nov 2007 09:12:24a, meant to say...
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 strong paddle without a bumper would work wonders. -- Wayne Boatwright Date: Tuesday, December(XII) 11th(XI),2007(MMVII) ******************************************* Countdown 'til Christmas 1wks 4dys 13hrs 20mins 56secs ******************************************* If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you *don't* get that you don't want. |
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Throw a couple of tires on the driveway in front of the door. Once you
no longer need them, make a couple of tire swings. If you want to get fancy, you could throw a couple more tires in the driveway and make a race course for them. I wouldn't put anything right on the door, as that would still transfer the impact to the door, and they just aren't designed to take that kind of use. wrote: 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? |
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