Question about footings

[Mousefield]

Mousefield:

Just curious, what is the slab inside the one end of the footing for?

After we framed the out side foundation we decided to make an 8ft X 12ft room, so the pad is that area. We will fill in the three side to make it solid to the outside foundation. We had to leave the 6 inch gap to get the framing wood out. It's called hindsight. :laughing:

 

[Mousefield]

Greenhouse?

I will post this on the weekend with pics. It is a chicken coop. :confused2: Wife already has the Goat Palace, AKA the barn. Guess this will be the Chicken Palace.

 

[brin]

I am wanting to build a 20x40 concrete pad 4" with a metal roof only, no sides. What kind of foooting do I need around the peremiter? 12"X12", 18"x18"?

I am in east Texas so no frost/freeze. Does anyone here know?

Thanks,
Rick

Rick, If I were you I would call your local concrete company and tell them what you intend to use it for and then ask them about the type footers you need , I am assuming there is no building permit required and no building code office..but if there is , then you could call your local code office and ask them what the code is ...if you are going to permit it...

 

[cycle_gator]

Lucky chickens

 

[MarkV]

Rick for the type of structure you want the easiest thing to do is build it like a pole barn. Set your poles, build your roof and then come in and pour a slab. The slab will be a floating or sometimes called an Alaskan slab. Along the edges you dig a trench, in this case 8 or 10" deep would be enough, that slopes at 45 degrees to the main body of the floor.

MarkV