Posted Monday, Jan 29, 2018 Ursula – We'll get to the bottom of this . . . assuming the objective is plugging the deck drain. I got some good advice about overdoing this . . . but we really want to be sure. Above is the drain without the cap. Some of what we used today to plug the drain. Pretty low tech . . . starting with a dry rag down the hole . . . if anything gets this far . . . which it shouldn't. Then a common rubber drain stopper . . . with a double shot of silicon all around. This should seal the stopper to the surface of the deck. Then a standard plastic food tub cover, sealed to the deck with electrical tape. Then lots of duct tape . . . over ALL of that. Because the surface is so irregular, it seemed right to do. And for good measure, a terra cotta pot bottom over the whole thing. With the original drain protector – just to remind us what's (way) under there. This should take care of Stan's problem . . . or I'll need to find another line of work!