Karl, thanks, at least I won't learn that one the hard way.
Brian
--
Brian C. Kennedy kennedybc@comcast.net
2711 N. Maple Road Cell 734 649 8548
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Home 734 994 5205 Fax 734 661 5108
> From: Karl Vacek <kvacek@ameritech.net>
> Reply-To: Karl Vacek <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:12:21 -0500
> To: Brian C Kennedy <kennedybc@comcast.net>, Team shop-talk
> <shop-talk@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
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
Shop-talk mailing list
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk
http://www.team.net/archive
|