Recent content by karamazov

Yes and an office, no heavy machinery. I was planning on using mobile home tie downs and steel straps, and more than I think I might need.

Interesting, this was the other option I'd been considering. I do really like the idea of having a conditioned crawlspace. Pour a footer around the perimeter, build a block wall (maybe 4 high), reinforce horizontally with rebar, fill it with concrete. How did you attach the sheeting to the...

Yes it's my own custom design. I have been doing rough calculations of weight as I go and so far it's over 10k lbs. And incidentally I was actually planning on putting polyiso insulation with a roof deck on top. I haven't added that to my design yet.

I was taking into account the footers/beams around the perimeter. Then again my math isn't what it used to be.

Yes I looked at Sturdi bilt, they have a location local to me. The price is pretty competitive but after looking at their workmanship firsthand I decided to pass. Shoddy cuts on a lot of the 2x4s, I also noticed that that didn't put any sheathing on...it's just straight LP smart panel. Not sure...

The critter issue is a good point. I had planned to put a skirt of some sort on it so I'll have to do more research there. We have crazy amounts of groundhogs here, I find them digging their holes under my modular home all the time. That and snakes.

Pricing it all out concrete is quite a bit more, even if I prepped and formed it myself and then just hired a truck to do the pour (I don't have time to hand pour ~12 yards of concrete unfortunately).

Yes a slab would definitely be better in a lot of ways...and also quite a bit more expensive (if done right). I'm looking for a potential "good" solution here instead of "best". Perimeter foundation seems interesting. I had looked at conditioned crawlspaces at one point and thought it looked...

no building code to worry about out here. I had been considering piers, but I didn't consider a perimeter foundation. They aren't very common around here in central TX - almost everything that has a concrete foundation is on a floating slab.

# Posted: 26 Jan 2024 16:24 Reply Quote Edit Hi all, I've been planning out a workshop that I'm going to build behind my garage for a while. I've settled on an overall size and design, but I am looking for some advice on what to do for the foundation. Design for reference: It's a 14x32 with...