[Shop-talk] Pole barn and deck footers

[Brian C Kennedy]

Karl, thanks, at least I won't learn that one the hard way.
Brian
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Brian C. Kennedy           kennedybc at comcast.net
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> From: Karl Vacek <kvacek at ameritech.net>
> Reply-To: Karl Vacek <KVacek at Ameritech.net>
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:12:21 -0500
> To: Brian C Kennedy <kennedybc at comcast.net>, Team shop-talk
> <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Pole barn and deck footers
> 
> 
> Whatever you do about footings, don't omit a good vapor barrier.  Storing
> anything in an enclosed building with a stone floor and no vapor barrier is
> asking for rust.  Especially only 2 feet above the lake level, you'll get
> moisture without a vapor barrier.  Ever see a car that was stored in a place
> like that ??  Not pretty.
> 
> When I built my hangar I planned on a floor of just packed screenings,
> although I eventually poured concrete.  I hit a sale at Horrible Freight and
> got their best-quality (silver) tarp in a size slightly larger than the
> hangar for $50, and laid that down first.  Other guys have rain from their
> roofs when it's damp, but mine is dry.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> <snip>
>> I9m thinking of a crushed limestone
>> floor, I mostly want to park my boat or a car or two in the winter.
> <snip>
>> Brian