Allison Corning wrote: > > Bill Said > > I have 3 sea kayaks hanging in my garage. Since it's **my** garage, I just > > drilled holes for about 10 cheap eye screw-ins [snip] > > that similar to what I do now-its nice because I can hoist the boat up into > the garage loft to get it out of the way. The other ones are in more simple > slings-no pulleys or anything. I really don't think the landlord would be > happy about any drilling whatsoever, so I'm also wondering how easy it is to > fill the holes back in with spakcle or whatever once I move out again. I > think I need another recon visit... This is easy to do. Get a stud-finder (hardware store item -- or borrow from a carpenter friend) and locate the stud pattern (usually 16-inch centers). Pick a stud location for a screweye. With a **small** finishing nail, penetrate the drywall (several times) where you want a screweye so you know where the **center** of the stud is. Drill hole for screweye. I recommend you use 1/4 inch diameter hardware for the screweye -- will hold your weight if needed! When you leave the apt, just fill the holes with vinyl spackle (comes premixed) and blend the surface with a damp sponge. Make a second application and blend again for deep or larger holes. Go to the hardware store with a scrap of paint from a section of the apt wall that is unobtrusive. They have computer color-matching setups there which will make a **perfect** match, and you can get a quart of paint to cover the little vinyl spackle marks. The landlord will never know. (Mine would not, except he made an inspection. Good thing he was a sea captain. He said, "Kewl!" when he saw my three sea kayaks hanging from the ceiling and walls. The property manager, who was along on the inspection visit, was apoplectic!) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 06 2000 - 07:42:04 PST
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