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							501 Portola Road
							Portola Valley, Calif.  
							September 29, 1978

 Mr. Elmer Hutchisson, President
 The Sequoias Residents Council

 Now that the car ports  have been repaired, I have  a suggestion for a  further
 improvement to these car ports  that might be discussed  in the Council.   This
 improvement has to do with extending the roofs, at least on the walk sides  and
 preferably on both sides by covering the present rafter extensions.

 In rainy weather  the drip  from the  edge of the  roof lands  squarely in  the
 middle of the walks and there is no way to avoid it because of the nearness  of
 the hedge on one side and the bumper overhang from the cars on the other  side.
 Also, many  cars extend  beyond  the roof  and, with time, the drip  abrades  a
 distinct line across the backs of the cars.

 To modify the roof structure so as  to rectify this deficiency in the  original
 design would, of course, be too expensive to consider.  Instead, one can  cover
 the rafter extensions with plexiglass or  a similiar material at not too  great
 an expense.  This would affect the appearance but little and it would be cheap.

 Two different  grades of  this material  are commercially  availably, a  fairly
 heavy grade used  for greenhouses and  a lighter grade  for patios.  Since  the
 rafter extensions  will  provide a  good  support,  the patio  grade  would  be
 adequate.  This comes in a translucent form  and in a variety of colors and  it
 is available either  as flat sheets  or in  a corrugated form.   The flat  form
 would be the easiest to install as  it comes in two-foot widths which would  be
 fine and a variety of lengths, 8, 10 and 12 foot being the most common.  If the
 corrugated form is to  be used, it  would have to  be cut in  order to get  the
 corrugations to go in the right directions but the supplier would be able to do
 this for us so it would not have to be done on the job.

 Even at retail prices, the cost of the material would not be excessive,  coming
 to something of  the order of  $20 per car  stall.  The total  cost of the  job
 would depend upon the  method used to  join the extension  to the roof  proper.
 Without some sort of seal at this point, water would still tend to leak through
 irregularly.  The entire job  should certainly not cost  more than $40 per  car
 stall.

 It might be wise to raise the edge of  the existing roof adding a 2 by 2  board
 with drainage  gaps left  at suitable  locations.  This  would also  provide  a
 little pitch to  the roof  extensions.  Lumber is  commercially available  that
 fits against the corrugated material so that this material could still be used.

 Council members may have other ideas as to how this problem could be solved.


						Respectfully submitted,




						Arthur L. Samuel

copy to Jack Dillon