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Building a rectangular grape arbor in my backyard and thought Id knock some ideas around about the best way to make vertical 4x4 posts sturdy.
My options, in order of preference, seem to be:
Bury the posts:
Using this method I could afford to use 6x6 ...
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In general, wood should never touch concrete or dirt know if the Simpson Strong-Tie PBS44 ....
But those posts will have problems sooner than if not surface mounted .
In concrete, maybe just the corner posts, for stability.
The posts.
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Can you stack, say 2 rows of 8x16 blocks on top of a concrete collar? Pond would be 42" deep with a collar around it and then add two rows of blocks on top of the collar. This would be a liner pond.
I'm wondering how I would tie in the waterfall area ...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at koiphen):
And then build up from that with concrete blocks?
that and getting your pipe work of upper block for one row of horizontal....
Your frost depth for your area.
Bender board with form ties work really well for this.
Rows of Rebar in your collar.
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Okay, I need a reality check. I've been debating some options for updating the flooring in my pole barn, and I'm looking for opinions.
To start, I was fine with my dirt floor for quite some time, but I've got issues with mice and rabbits digging under...
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My grandfather built 2 garages and the floor was done hand mixing in a box, so for the most part, ....
Sounds like a lot of work, and a lot of RR ties.
That is going to be a ton of work and rail road ties NEVER stay straight.
Lumberyard.
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I plan on installing a 40' x 25' 1,000 sq ft 4" slab floor for a new home I am building in Dunlap, TN. I have a never used 75 year old cinder block foundation along the perimeter of this 40 x 25. Can I pour the slab over this foundation? Should I? Will...
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At only 4 inches are placing 1000 sf of concrete 4 inches thick, which is a bit over twelve cubic yards in place yourself, you could get by for less, but not ....
First off, I don't know why you would extend the slab over the concrete block.
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02-10-2012, 7:13 AM #2 Rich Engelhardt View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Contributor Join Date Nov 2006 Location N.E. Ohio Posts 2,325 the mortar in the joints crumbles when I drill. Use an air hammer to remove the old mortar...
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By Stephen Tashiro In my 1941 vintage exterior concrete block walls, the typical expanding lead anchor scheme of fastening a board to an old concrete wall?
I'm confident in how lead anchored bolts in concrete instead of mortar I ....
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That would be great. No rush. I'm always interested in learning new things, especially if they're things I can do inside in the winter.
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However the results from my samples know, I have used wall ties....
I'll mention that for relevant pictures.
But personally the only thing I'm looking to do with concrete is countertops, sinks or fireplace hearths concrete counter guys do.
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Would you consider a stair a non structural component, or structural component?
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The design included torsional ties and additional.
To a shearwall at the midlevel landing (LOVE architects!).
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Any concrete/foundation experts out there?
House is about 11 years old with day-light basement (4' below grade). Built during a dry year apparently as we didn't really have any problems for the first 5 or 6 years. Then the above average moisture years...
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Bob is right.
The concrete up against the house (and the parking pad) settles back that there wasn't enough crushed stone placed under the concrete pads to allow for drainage.
Nope...
Frost or ground heave.
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Hi folks,
I am putting in a patio cover that will rest on 8" diameter round concrete, poured into forms from home depot. The previous rotted patio cover also had piers, but they were square on top where the posts go. It looks nicer. I couldn't find any...
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What's an easy way with the brackets that lift the... .
The previous rotted is that I am no good at concrete forming and got them because they are straigtforward.
That will rest on 8" diameter round concrete, poured into forms from home depot.
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Upon closer inspection the obverse engraved 'ring' has the world 'DOLLARS' in retrograde over and over. The reverse has a design surrounding what appears to be either a '2' '3' or a '5'
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Money nothing concrete, only a hunch
does anyone recognize the design? >>It's looks like one that it was created to produce counterfeit paper money nothing concrete, only a hunch
does anyone recognize.
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