I am starting to build a roofover my mobilehome, I'll add to this as I make progress.
This shows a concrete pier on a slab, slab is 4" by 24" by 36", pier is 18" high with a 1/2" threaded rod to anchor the post to. I've got these every 8' down the length of it, these will support the 4" by 6" posts. I still have 12 more slab/piers to pour out of 24 for the first half of the roofover.
(https://forestryforum.com/images/03_21_04/Concrete_pier_side_r.jpg)
A concrete mixer that I got from Harbor Freight for $189, I could not have managed with out it.
(https://forestryforum.com/images/03_21_04/Concrete_mixer_r.jpg)
Looks like a good start!
I'm curious how you like the cement mixer you bought from HF, many a time I need just about the amount they make but not enough to have a truck out.
QuoteI'm curious how you like the cement mixer you bought from HF, many a time I need just about the amount they make but not enough to have a truck out.
It is very usefull, I can mix 2 80# bags of redimix at one time with out straining it, 3 is about all it can handle. I can roll it right over the job and pour right into the form. And there is no compairison to a shovel and wheelbaro, it is alot easyer to use.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11013/pier-wood-and-metal.jpg)
4"x6" post and galvanized angle iron to hold it in place.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11013/endview2.jpg)
An end view, 16' from peak down slope, 13' 10" across, to be repeated to the right.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11013/endview.jpg)
Another perspective.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11013/frontview.jpg)
This is all 2"x10" with 1" planking on top, the first 12' section shown.
Looks good! 8)
Good Job,
Do a little each day and you'll be through before you know it...
Thanks for sharing, allways like to see what everybody is doing...
Looks like a good start. She's gonna be nice and rugged. :)
How deep do the footings go?
Quote from: SwampDonkey on March 15, 2005, 08:37:35 AM
Looks like a good start. She's gonna be nice and rugged. :)
How deep do the footings go?
They go just below the frost line, here in the Low Country that's usually 1 or 2 inches above ground ;D :D
About this time last year I talked to a trucker who said the DOT had measured the frost under Hwy 2 to see if it was thick enough to hold loaded trucks. They said it was only 25 feet to frost line under the highway. :o :D :D
proof of global warming :o :o ;) :D
Like my brother says if this global warning thing is real why does it get so DanG cold in the winter. :D :D :D :D