I would suggest using the insulation with a layer
of #0000 steel wool on the outside. The steel
wool will help keep the bug and other critters
out.
On 12 Oct 2003 at 17:13, Randy Wing wrote:
> Jason,
>
> One note. Make sure you get the insulation tight. I had a garter snake
> crawl in. Whoa. That wakes you up.
>
> Randy
> N0LD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AA6DX" <aa6dx@pacbell.net>
> To: "Jason Buchanan" <jsb@digistar.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Running coax into the basement
>
>
> > At 12:28 PM 10/12/2003, Jason Buchanan wrote:
> > >N2TK, Tony wrote:
> > >
> > >>I have been using 2 - 4" PVC pipes that were installed before the
> concrete
> > >>was poured for the basement walls. All my cables go through these pipes.
> I
> > >>use fiberglass insulation to seal them. This makes it easy to add or
> remove
> > >>cables. I do not feel any draft in the winter and the rodents have not
> tried
> > >>to get through thru the insulation.
> > >
> > >Stainless steel brillo pads work real well too - not the soapy kind, just
> > >the metal kind. I stuff that after the fiberglass... got to have some
> > >big rats to get through stainless!
> > >
> > >
> > >73 Jason W0JSB
> > >Again =|;?} .. check here
> > >.. http://home.pacbell.net/aa6dx Click OAKUM ... 73 Mark AA6DX
> >
> >
> >
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