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Subject:Re: Screens for Westy roof scuppers
From:Dug Smith
Date:Sun, 26 Jul 2020 06:06:13 -0700

The little filters you can get for garden hose pipes press in from the
bottom and fit like they were made to go there :o)

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 05:54 Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

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>  I have always parked my 83 Westy under the same tree, which sits over a
> driveway. The “luggage rack” tends to fill with sticks and leaves which
> fill up the five scupper holes in the Fiberglas. When this happens the
> depression in the rack fills with rainwater which takes a day or so to
> drain out. Worse, the water and debris slops over the side and down the
> front windows when I make a turn.
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> Every two years or so I remove the Fiberglas and pressure was the debris.
> I have always meant to install screens over (under, actually) the holes to
> at least keep the cavity underneath the Fiberglas clean and to make the
> rack easier to clean of debris with a hose.
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> Yesterday I pulled the top and hot glued reinforced window screen over
> holes on the underside. Will let you know how it goes.
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> Jim
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