In a message dated 8/15/2000 1:58:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<<  Alternate solution that requires tool purchase/rental/borrowing:  Take
 one gas-driven concrete saw (Target being the mfr of choice--makes lots of
 obnoxious noise!), cut grooves in the concrete to the edges (assuming there
 are no walls around the edges or at least they have pass-throughs).  In time
 (if it hasn't happened already) the concrete will crack along these grooves,
 water will get in, freeze/thaw will take place, widening the cracks,
 improving the drainage...  :-)
  >>


All ragging aside, Sharpshooter, will you restate your problem (your porch
drainage problem, I mean).  The idea of drilling holes to drain the thing
just doesn't sound right.  Especially when they fill with water in the winter
and freeze.

Ralph