What would you suggest?

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Redtenchu
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What would you suggest?

Post by Redtenchu » April 26th, 2015, 8:19 pm

I have a storm drain in my front yard, during the 100 degree days in Oklahoma, the metal cooks everything within 6 inches of the drain. The worst part is that when we do finally get rain, all the dirt is washed away because the grass is dead. I want to put down some brick or maybe a cedar 4x4 in front of the drain to stop this vicious cycle!! Any ideas or suggestions would be great! I have a few months to figure out what to do!
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Re: What would you suggest?

Post by LoneRanger » May 1st, 2015, 11:26 pm

My first thought is to paint the top, back, and front surface of the vertical curb drains with a silver/reflective paint. That should drastically lower the iron temperature, as well as the surrounding soil.

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Re: What would you suggest?

Post by TSGarp007 » July 12th, 2016, 3:50 pm

What did you do?

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