Anafiel's Podunk Man-Cave Project
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But wouldn't it be great to pull the front end of the truck inside... Let's leave that for later, and give it some thought meanwhile.
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Not sure about the pallet thickness yet, but I could remove dirt to lower the floor, right? That way I could get rid of all the dusty stuff so's I would have a firmer base.
And yea, I had already thought that I would have to stagger the seams. I'm just looking for a cheap way to get a floor in there.
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When I get caught up, I plan on finishing my man cave.
If you want to make quick, insulated, and free to cheap walls...use damaged insulated garage doors. I closed in one side of my fathers barn with them and am also building my cave the same way. Check with your area door company. They usually fill the dumpsters up with the remove and haul jobs. They are super easy to cut down and you just run a lag screw through them into your posts. I put mine non detail side out. This way I can trim them out with 1x4 to make them have a nice barn look.
They can be made to look like this.
This is the non detail side
If you want to make quick, insulated, and free to cheap walls...use damaged insulated garage doors. I closed in one side of my fathers barn with them and am also building my cave the same way. Check with your area door company. They usually fill the dumpsters up with the remove and haul jobs. They are super easy to cut down and you just run a lag screw through them into your posts. I put mine non detail side out. This way I can trim them out with 1x4 to make them have a nice barn look.
They can be made to look like this.
This is the non detail side
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I've already unseated MouseNation and installed my own little dictatorship, so how do I prevent a 'possum coup?
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You are better off leveling a bed of road base, item 4 or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods.
It is crushed stone of various sizes and compacts well.
If you need a solid surface to use a floor jack or the like just lay down a sheet of plywood.
Animals don't like to dig in that stuff, and they won't find a ready made burrow like there would be if you had pallets down.
It is crushed stone of various sizes and compacts well.
If you need a solid surface to use a floor jack or the like just lay down a sheet of plywood.
Animals don't like to dig in that stuff, and they won't find a ready made burrow like there would be if you had pallets down.
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I've been thinking about your flooring issue and you could do a combination of the crushed rock and a wood floor. Lay the 2x4s in a 16 on center configuration. Pour crushed rock in between the boards. That way you have a solid floor but don't have to worry about critters. Just dig out the dirt 3 1/2" to compensate for the wood.
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In addition to the other previously mentioned reasons against a pallet base for the floor, am I the only one who thinks the pallets won't be tough enough? Once he gets the door wide enough to pull the truck inside I can see the pallets giving way in short order.
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You want some type of small gravel with a lot fly ash and soot in it.
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This stuff is perfect and I bet you could get a load of it delivered for $250-$300. It packs down and gets extremely hard. When I say gets hard, I mean my dad parked a tri axle dumptruck on them for 25yrs. You want to put a lot more in than it looks like you will need b/c it is going to pack down about 40-50%. You can even grade yourself a little ramp to pull the truck in on.
A wood floor of any kind is going to rot in the dirt. I wouldnt waste the effort.
We need some better pics of the post you want to move. Get some pics of how its in the ground as well as how its attached at the top.
In order to frame a wall up it will have to be sitting on something at the bottom. If the dirt is packed reall tight perhaps you could wrap the bottom with some heavy plastic sheating to keep it from rotting out or it would need to be set up on bricks or blocks. Either way if the ground isnt packed it wont sit straight for very long.
screenings gravel - Google Search
This stuff is perfect and I bet you could get a load of it delivered for $250-$300. It packs down and gets extremely hard. When I say gets hard, I mean my dad parked a tri axle dumptruck on them for 25yrs. You want to put a lot more in than it looks like you will need b/c it is going to pack down about 40-50%. You can even grade yourself a little ramp to pull the truck in on.
A wood floor of any kind is going to rot in the dirt. I wouldnt waste the effort.
We need some better pics of the post you want to move. Get some pics of how its in the ground as well as how its attached at the top.
In order to frame a wall up it will have to be sitting on something at the bottom. If the dirt is packed reall tight perhaps you could wrap the bottom with some heavy plastic sheating to keep it from rotting out or it would need to be set up on bricks or blocks. Either way if the ground isnt packed it wont sit straight for very long.
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You are better off leveling a bed of road base, item 4 or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods.
It is crushed stone of various sizes and compacts well.
If you need a solid surface to use a floor jack or the like just lay down a sheet of plywood.
Animals don't like to dig in that stuff, and they won't find a ready made burrow like there would be if you had pallets down.
It is crushed stone of various sizes and compacts well.
If you need a solid surface to use a floor jack or the like just lay down a sheet of plywood.
Animals don't like to dig in that stuff, and they won't find a ready made burrow like there would be if you had pallets down.
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From: EXTREME southwest CT
We call that 'process'.
I don't think it compacts as well as item-4, but I never considered using driveway sealer as a binder.
I don't think it compacts as well as item-4, but I never considered using driveway sealer as a binder.
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I don't think removing the center post is a big issue.
The rafters look like 2x4.
Sister it up with a 2x8 and find some bearing at the shed and exterior wall.
A gable, or the slope of a shed roof, shouldn't be bearing any weight anyhow.
The rafters look like 2x4.
Sister it up with a 2x8 and find some bearing at the shed and exterior wall.
A gable, or the slope of a shed roof, shouldn't be bearing any weight anyhow.