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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Basketball Goal
- Path: sparky!uunet!sci34hub!cdthq!gary
- From: gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston)
- Message-ID: <D9PguB3w161w@cdthq.UUCP>
- References: <1992Nov17.164716.6333@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:34:36 CST
- Organization: Garys' Home for Obsolete Computers
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- stevee@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Stephen Elmendorf) writes:
-
- > I also would like to put up a goal (on a post). My concern is that we don't
- > plan on living here more than 4-5 years at most. How much of a negative is it
- > to have a goal in front of the house when it comes time to sell? It seems tha
- > removing it might be difficult, since it is sunk into a block of concrete.
- > Unless the prospective buyers had kids, or liked to play, I would think it
- > might turn them away. Any comments?
-
- Plant an 18" piece of square steel pipe (about 6" square) in the
- concrete, about 4" below surface level. Use a smaller piece of
- square pipe (about 4.5" or so) that will slip into the concreted
- piece as your pole. When time comes to move, just pull it out and
- fill in the buried piece.
-
- Gary Heston, at home....
- gary@cdthq.uucp
-