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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stacked rock foundation
  • Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:28:59 -0700


On Nov 30, 2008, at 11:59 AM, bob ford wrote:

Wow, those are very big rocks. I was imagining a rock version of concrete blocks like some houses in the deep South sit. Those look like they would be very heavy. I don't know how long mercury filled carpenters levels have been around. Or, how they could tell how they heaving from the frost might affect the rock foundations .

With perfect drainage there is no frost to heave.

The stone sizes and shapes are typical for the Ozarks.

Long before modern levels, water levels were used.





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