To: "homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Solo building methods
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:09:08 -0700
Nice. So you dig a footer trench and just pour it level? Or do you use forms?
I am thinking of using two by eights as forms right on the ground
recently excavated with the backhoe. Very solid stuff, clay and rock
of all sizes, and by the time I do the forms it will have had about
three hundred backhoe movement packings. After the building is built
I will lay down four inches of gravel, then pour my concrete sections
on top of that. So the finished floor will be eight inches above the
soil. Of course I will also slope the surrounding area to cause rain
water to move away from the building. So far, besides moving a huge
amount of material, the biggest challenge is getting the site level.