Long road to home.

[ENG18LT]

Really would like to know your opinion of the perma-columns when it is all said and done...

I will be sure to let you know. Feel free to ask me if I don't cover something.

So far I am impressed with how straight and square they are. They are definitely and added expense. I like the idea of not ever having to worry about rot or twisting. When the inspector saw them there he couldn't stop raving about how highly he thought of them. I will post more tomorrow after we get some placed.

 

[mjncad]

Good choice on having the mixer truck come in versus mixing the stuff yourself.

 

[ENG18LT]

Good first day. We got three walls up. Checked corners for square and found they are off by 1/16". Not bad at all. Had some great help from wife's cousin and another friend from up the road. Hoping to get rest of poles in tomorrow.





Enjoy, I'm off to dinner.

 

[ultrarunner]

Wow... 1/16 is great and it is nice to know a few people that will help out...

My elderly neighbors... those 75+ are the most helpful and generous folks I know and anything I need is there for the asking and I seldom ask...

One fellow that is 87 goes around with a portable air tank I gave him years ago and checks every one's tire pressures... he asked me to bring him two pressure treated posts last week and this morning I woke up to find both of my cars washed and tires detailed...

Enjoy supper!

 

[dave1949]

Is there some sort of bracket used to attach the lower girts to the perma-columns? How does that work?

1/16" inch across corners is great. A metal tape measure, the long wind-up kind, is good to have for those sorts of measurements. The vinyl and plastic types are too stretchy over a distance, especially on hot days.

 

[mjncad]

Checked corners for square and found they are off by 1/16". Not bad at all.

When it comes to buildings, that's little RCH tolerances in my book! Good job! :thumbsup:

 

[ENG18LT]

Is there some sort of bracket used to attach the lower girts to the perma-columns? How does that work?

The splash boards are attached by drilling a hole using a hammer drill. Then driving a galvanized split drive nail through the wood and into the concrete. I thought I could use Tapcon fasteners, but the dealer said don't waste the money trying. Apparently the 10,000psi concrete just breaks them off! We are hoping to be able to start the splash board on Monday. Once I do I'll get back to you guys on how it went.

So far I am happy with the Perma-Column product. I would suggest having a way to mechanically lift and move them. We are using a boom that I built for the FEL QA.

 

[ENG18LT]

Wow, that's great progress. I was surprised to see the perma-columns were shipped pre-assembled. Hadn't thought of that way. But that makes sense for pole positioning and labor saving.

You can get just the bases, but then you have to build the posts yourself out of 2x6 boards. These premade ones are glued together and the butt joints are fingered jointed and glued. After that the posts are run through a planer to true up and square the posts. It would be very difficult to produce as quality a post onsite, even for the best guys out there.

 

[ENG18LT]

When it comes to buildings, that's little RCH tolerances in my book! Good job! :thumbsup:

Thank you sir. I love the fact that when you stand at the corners and look down the wall everything is in a nice straight line in both directions.

 

[ENG18LT]

Wow... 1/16 is great and it is nice to know a few people that will help out...

I certainly am blessed to have their help. I wouldn't be half as done without them.