I saw your comment from 6hrs ago, figured out a plan, and was about to go do it - then I saw your full answer, so now I'm going to think through it again.
@JayBazuzi After reading @BMitch's comment, I'd probably go with the second method. I'm not sure if double stacked 2x4s would hold the weight over a 6' span.
i haven't been doing much of anything since vacation. Pizza oven is done! used it on the 4th of july - came out awesome once we figured out how to build a fire without accelerators. spare bedroom i started drywalling still needs to be sanded, maybe another coat of drywall compound, primed, painted, trim, window trim, new door, new byfolding closet door, lighting installed :(
How many mistakes have architects and carpenters made over the years, because they forgot to adjust for actual lumber sizing? How much has that cost us?
3 years ago when we did our kitchen, the tile guy said use 1/2inch plywood as the base on the cabinets (tiled countertops) - we told him we went to the store and there is no 1/2 inch plywood. the guy looked at us like we were crazy
@Tester101 my plan calls for not a solid concrete pad, but multiple pads with a 6 - 12 inch gap between (filled in with river rock) -- u think i still need a drainage pipe ? wouldn't it drain between the river rock into the ground?
@lsiunsuex Maybe. might be worth it to lay some perforated pipe in the gaps before filling with rocks, depending on your area, the drainage in your yard, annual rain fall, etc.
there is an amusement park in Germany for grown men (and women, I suppose). it's basically a big sandbox with real excavators, dump trucks, etc. that the visitors can play with.
The construction project for our new building at work stopped because they are waiting to get the crane certified. The inspector who was supposed to certify it didn't buckle in like he was supposed to when climbing, so the on-site insurance guy took a picture, and the inspector was fired before he could finish the inspection. So now they have to wait for a new inspector. :)
oh hey wasn't @BMitch living next to the loudest construction zone ever? were you continuing to enjoy the poorly-done work on the development's homes? :P
@VebjornLjosa I wish they did something to stop all the free climbing that happens on US cell towers, workers are dying all the time because they don't attach their safety harness
damage is considered an act of God and covered under the recipients policy
but if you notify the tree owner that their tree is a hazard (e.g. if it's dead and could hit your property when it falls) then the liability shifts to the tree owner for any damage it causes
we had to pay extra for our hoa landscaping company to come through and clean everything up, but then we had trees on top of cars and over people's fences
@VebjornLjosa if the tree isn't dead, I'm not sure it would stick
Luckily nothing fell on something on our property, but there were some cars smashed a few streets over as well as some trees completely across the roads
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