How about casting an igloo out of secure set foam? Are rodents active in the area?
Buy expanding foam to set fences, poles and level concrete.
How about casting an igloo out of secure set foam? Are rodents active in the area?
Buy expanding foam to set fences, poles and level concrete.
Best Regards, Maurice
Thomas, your PT lumber supplier will likely have on hand a sealant that can and should be painted onto every cut of the lumber. It’s primarily for end grain cuts, but can and should be applied to rip faces as well. Different manufacturers have different formulations, but all PT lumber suppliers can sell you their product’s sealant.
I’d recommend that after you design the structure you dry fit it or even completely screw it together to work out any assembly difficulties, or discover one of those ‘there’s something we didn’t think about’ moments, which you don’t want to happen out there in the middle of nowhere!
Best of luck to you
Don't let it bring you down,
It's only castles burning,
Just find someone who's turning,
And you will come around
Neil Young (with a little bit of emphasis added by me)
Board member, Gulf Coast Woodturners Association
Put one of those plastic rock well covers over it. They come in many sizes and colors.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...xoC2cIQAvD_BwE
How about fiberglass doors as side panels and a roof.
Bill D
Jeeves the family mule is a livestock guardian rather than a pack animal. Jeeves sure thinks pack mules could help with this project.
Best Regards, Maurice
Yep Jim, We've already started up the hill drying to divert rock and mud slides. But this mountain is quite active in that regard, especially after two forest fires.
Check This Out: Same side of the mountain, and this is what we deal with nearly every heavy rain or thawing, its only a 15 second video in our little community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SnfEdUGsw
Trying to divert these types of slides is a bit of fool's errand.
Regards,
Tom
That looks like what we call a cistern around here but not sure. Anyway, I think the idea of PVC boards is how I would go. They aren't cheap but it would be a one and done. I've been using them more and more on anything exposed to the ground and weather.
Again …I suggest the old method of gluing on canvas . Available in different weights ,but even the light ‘duck’ will last many years with
a coat of paint or epoxy. Old way was using paint as the adhesive, but I would use a water proof glue or the epoxy paint. The canvas
was used on ships into 19th century.
My outdoor porch floor was T&G 2x4s with canvas glued on it, but I think the modern equivalent, is EPDM rubber roofing membrane which is likewise glued and/or nailed to the substrate.
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Regards,
Tom
I thought pack Llamas were the more PC pack animals, cuter too.
BilL D
Last edited by Bill Dufour; 11-15-2023 at 3:32 PM.
Would a plastic 55 gallon drum work. look at those plastic rubbermaid kids forts that snap together. If keep painted the plastic lasts a long time in the sun. Got an old one piece tub surround kicking around?
Bill D
https://www.littletikes.com/collecti...=manual&page=1
After having several fascinating conversations with a 10th Mountain Division WWII Veterans widow this summer, I am reading about the 10th Mountain Divisions activities during WWII. They used Mules.
Llamas are cute. The family tried a Llama as a livestock guardian as well. It had a rather nasty personality. The Llama went missing one summer. I had the sad misfortune of finding it deceased.
Screen Shot 2023-11-25 at 5.58.29 AM.jpg Tale of a 10th Mountain Division Muleskinner | Article | The United States Army
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