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New Shop Ideas, Part 2

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Davis D.

01-10-2005 13:16:43




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Thanks for all the great ideas for a new shop. I am planning on building a pole barn and then pouring a concrete floor for the shop area. What should I look out for if using old power poles or pressure treated 4x4 and 6x6 posts. I came across a product for covering the inground part of the post or pole. Would this be an option for cutting my own posts from oak or pine. Also, what about contact between the wood and concrete. By the way, I'm in Alabama so would that make any difference as to construction. Thanks again for all the info.

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Mike M

01-11-2005 05:41:38




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 Re: New Shop Ideas, Part 2 in reply to Davis D., 01-10-2005 13:16:43  
My buildings all have the concrete poured right up against the posts and skirt boards. After curing it pulls away a little bit.My posts are 8 feet on center and my concrete guy just sawed it to the center of the posts could only come to about 2" from post saw won't go all the way just have a little crack from the end of the saw cut to the post. Another important thing is to keep a uniform thickness on your slab.This makes it stronger as it usually breaks easy at a place where it gets thicker,plus you can save money by not wasteing concrete. One thing I like to do is to form up and pour a seperate footer about 3 feet deep and 1 foot wide right under my overhead doors the whole lengh. It takes more time and costs a little more but the frost isn't lifting up the pad under my doors cracking it and keeping the doors from sealing up.

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TGIN

01-11-2005 02:26:27




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 Re: New Shop Ideas, Part 2 in reply to Davis D., 01-10-2005 13:16:43  
Wrap your post with thin styrafom , it will stop cracks from running off the post . The concret needs to expand as it drys . I`ve seen alot that cracks right away from post . I did mine with no cracks in 4 yrs. 4x4s are not real strong for a larg barn , go with 6x6s .



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Gene Davis (GA)

01-10-2005 20:29:45




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 Re: New Shop Ideas, Part 2 in reply to Davis D., 01-10-2005 13:16:43  
One of my favorite things when I built mine was to set a 4" diameter steel pipe on the ground with pieces of angle iron welded to it, then poured the concrete for the floor around it to use for a center leg on my welding table. You don't have to chase the table and vise around when doing heavy hammering on this setup.



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vrickster

01-10-2005 16:36:31




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 Re: New Shop Ideas, Part 2 in reply to Davis D., 01-10-2005 13:16:43  
Check out these websites for free plans.

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http://www.cerc.colostate.edu/Blueprints/blueprints.html



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