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So, as I've said somewhere I'm building a shop, 36'x48' pole barn style with 14' rafters and two roll up doors with 2 post lift and such... Anywho, have permit now and dug the holes for the poles. They're supposed to be a minimum of 2' diameter by 4' deep from the top of the 6" of concrete footing to the top of the 4" of gravel that will be under the slab so if you do your math that's 50" from dirt to bottom of hole. The bottom of the hole has to be on "native soil" for compaction reasons. 13 of the 14 holes went just fine, but #9 was a pain in the rear...
So how much lumber is normal to find under the ground? So far that one hole is about 6' diameter and I'm down to about 4' deep in a "lumber soup" since I got to water. I'm pretty sure there's 6" or so left but I'll wait until the water dries up... I've pulled up 6 wheel barrows full of lumber scraps (I'm pretty sure one of the previous owners got the scraps from the truss company down the street) just today, some pieces about 3' long, and probably 100 nail plates of various size and a few pounds so far of nails and staples. I've already taken two tractor buckets of wood scraps to the burn pile... I don't want to pour a slab and have the wood break down and leave a large void, so it has to go...
If it wasn't for that one hole I'd only need one pallet of concrete and would probably be a couple steps further than I am now...
So how much lumber is normal to find under the ground? So far that one hole is about 6' diameter and I'm down to about 4' deep in a "lumber soup" since I got to water. I'm pretty sure there's 6" or so left but I'll wait until the water dries up... I've pulled up 6 wheel barrows full of lumber scraps (I'm pretty sure one of the previous owners got the scraps from the truss company down the street) just today, some pieces about 3' long, and probably 100 nail plates of various size and a few pounds so far of nails and staples. I've already taken two tractor buckets of wood scraps to the burn pile... I don't want to pour a slab and have the wood break down and leave a large void, so it has to go...
If it wasn't for that one hole I'd only need one pallet of concrete and would probably be a couple steps further than I am now...