Hi, all,
I’ve searched the FHB index but can’t find the article I’m looking for. I’m hoping someone can tell me what issue it was in.
As I recall, the article profiled an energy-efficient Cape style cottage in New Hampshire or Vermont. It included an exterior photo of a covered porch entry. At the point of entry, there was a steel grate, about 24×36 inches, to catch mud, snow and sand.
I thought it was an ingenious idea but my engineer husband (DaveinNH) hasn’t a clue what I’m talking about. If you can lead me to the FHB issue, I’d sure appreciate it!
AnninNH (wife of DaveinNH)
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This issue has a cape in vermont that is energy efficient, etc but I didn't see the grate in the article.
http://www.taunton.com/store/pages/fh_toc_161.asp
Msdaveinh,
I have done that sort of thing witha cast aluminum grille from Reggio register. I have also done onme with a salvage grille drain cover http://reggioregister.com/cgi-bin/VirtualCatalog/CatalogMgr.pl?cartID=b-5908&SearchField=partnumber&SearchFor=1426&template=Htx/metalseries.htx&hdr=%3Cfont%20size%3D6%3E12%3C/font%3E%3Cfont%20size%3D%226%22%3E%26quot%3B%20Wide%3C/font%3E&ftr=1426
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Piffin,I'm about to redo a mudroom and this will be the perfect addition. Thanks for coming through. Again.Best,Jim
Hi AnninNH,
Check the issue from March 2004, No.161. It features an energy efficient cape in Vermont. The covered porch looks like it has a mat, but if you replaced it with a grate, it would work. Your husband can see what you mean. The porch is a few feet above ground level, so you can wipe snow off your boots.
I've seen these in the Ironwood, MI area and they work great! It is a good idea. Surprised we don't see more of them.
LindainWI
Sorry, no pictures, but tell him it's bar grating over a pit, like they have at the entrance to ski lodges.
Hi Ann. I edited that article. The house was in Hancock, NH. Can't remember the author's name or the issue. Sorry. The grating came from Graingers, but most metal suppliers have similar stock. It ran, I'd guess, in about 1999.
Andy
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Bingo, Andy! That's the place! Now I will go through DaveinNH's "library" (boxes of magazines stacked in the attic) and find that issue. Fortunately, they are stored in chronological order so I should be able to locate the 1998-2000 issues with ease. Thanks, especially, for saying who the vendor was. Dave got a price for 24"x36"x4" cast iron sewer grate but it was quite expensive and *very* heavy. We wouldn't be able to lift it for cleaning once it was set flush with the deck. Cast aluminium would be much better.
Again, I appreciate the tip!
AnninNH (not far from Hancock)
Edited 4/8/2006 2:16 pm ET by daveinnh
Edited 4/8/2006 2:18 pm ET by daveinnh
Van Dyke Restorers has decorative cast iron floor grates in about that size. Maybe lighter and less expensive than the sewer grate. I think their website is http://www.vandykes.com