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Cob: foundation ideaMiranda Sterling miranda at clearlightsoap.comFri Jun 14 21:46:47 CDT 2002
Robynn, Will you be building anytime real soon? I'd love to hear your experiences, if you would. The ground around here is mostly chunks of pre-compressed limestone. I mean, digging is extremely difficult below two or three inches--you're only prying up rocks. Not much topsoil in most places. I'm wondering how much of a foundation do I actually need? We hardly ever have freezes that last for more than a day or two, though every few winters, there are longer ones. To excavate enough to lay in the bottom trench, I'd probably need one of those huge rock saws I see driving along the road. Looks like a chainsaw, only as long as a man. That's the tool that is used to cut the trenches for the septic tanks around here--no sewage system in this town. This is the reason septic is so darned expensive here. Miranda At 07:20 PM 6/14/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Miranda, >I agree! I got this idea from looking at the way railroads are built. They >seem to last forever and are simply piled up gravel/rubble, as far as I can >tell. It seems to me that something like this would be better than >inflexible concreate or that seems to crack eventually, no matter what you >do, and it would certainly be simpler than a stone foundation! > >-- Robynn > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 6/5/2002
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