My Industrial Cabin Build

WoodChuckDad · May 31, 2020

Eddie, this is one of those situations I was talking about, where a pro would have noticed something that I didn’t. 6x6 posts were the original plan, exactly as you described. A much easier build for the sips panels and for the post and beam.
The reenforced concrete didn’t get put in. There should have been a pillar or deeper concrete section where each post is supposed to go. I allowed for it when laying out the pex tubing but I knew nothing about cement and foundations. There were specified reenforced sections under load bearing and sheer walls and those were there, but not under the posts.
It came up in conversation with my architect when we were making a couple small changes to the plans. and I said there wasn’t any. He called the cement guy who said there was. I pulled up my photos and there are none. So the solution was bear on the filled block. Its more hassle? More expensive, more complicated. More work. But it was the solution. So onward thru the fog and fray. The next time I have cement work or anything else done by someone else I will pour over every detail and be certain it is done according to the plan.

buckeyefarmer · May 31, 2020

Bearing footers under those columns should have been dictated by the architect.

WoodChuckDad · May 31, 2020

buckeyefarmer said:
Bearing footers under those columns should have been dictated by the architect.

Thats just it, they were. Cement guy screwed up.

buckeyefarmer · May 31, 2020

WoodChuckDad said:
Thats just it, they were. Cement guy screwed up.

Ok, that’s a major screw up by the foundation guy. There should have been footers poured under the column locations before the slab was poured. My foundation guy poured footers under my columns, not the slab guy.

EddieWalker · Jun 1, 2020

Makes more sense now. I had a job once where my client got impatient on waiting for me to finish up the job before her, so she hired a cement guy to pour the pad. He poured the footings for the walls right, but didn't do any for the porch posts. I dug under the porch slab and added 2 feet of concrete when a foot would have been enough originally. That cost her enough that she didn't do anything like that again!!!

buckeyefarmer · Jun 1, 2020

How are you finishing the concrete floor? I’ve known people to cut out a hole to add the footer. Problem is your heating tubes. Footer probably should be 3’ round at least. Then you have concrete seams.
You made the best choice.

Is that great room a clear span front to back, so no interior columns?

WoodChuckDad · Jun 1, 2020

Me reaction to these situations has been to view it as a problem that I need to solve. My wife panics with everything that goes wrong. I don’t tell her everything. There have been lots of things along the way where I have been unsure of how I would do something and have not shared that with her. I just work on it until I have it figured out.
I finally finished what I needed to do at 2 yesterday and was able to put in a little work yesterday afternoon. We got in 1 post and 1 panel.

It was time to start putting the tools away yesterday and I climbed up on the hill behind the house and took a couple pictures with my Phone. No filters applied. The sky really looked like this.

WoodChuckDad · Jun 1, 2020

buckeyefarmer said:
How are you finishing the concrete floor? I’ve known people to cut out a hole to add the footer. Problem is your heating tubes. Footer probably should be 3’ round at least. Then you have concrete seams.
You made the best choice.

Is that great room a clear span front to back, so no interior columns?

It is a clear span, front to back. About 22 feet.

buckeyefarmer · Jun 1, 2020

WoodChuckDad said:
It is a clear span, front to back. About 22 feet.

That’s better than having some mid span posts to deal with a foundation issue. What is the size of the front to back beams to span 22 ft?

When I built there was always a time I wasn’t sure the best way to proceed, but I picked a solution and moved on. Some things I will do different on the next house, but that happening (me building a next house) is slim.