SUBS #8:
And for my Next Trick . . .

THINGS TO DO:
    1. Build building.
    2. Level building.
    3. Add footings when I get around to it.

Q:    Let me check that again:
    You want to;
    1) build the building first;
    then
    2) level it out;
    and THEN
    3) pour the footings?

A:    SURE!
    It's LOTS easier that way.
    You just do it in two or three stages.

Those 20' sticks of 6" square tubing we're cutting connectors off of also function as a perfect source of foundation poles to which we can bolt panels.  We will start with just one room.  First we dig four big holes for the corner pilings.  Then we throw a pole in each of the holes with big bolts through it wired with rebar to pour the footing around.  Now we perfectly plumb up the posts at the exact height and distance from each other and get the bolt holes precisely positioned to 1/16" tolerances so the panels will bolt up perfectly when we assemble the building.  To do this we must build some awesomely intense forms.

The best way to get the pilings perfectly positioned is to bolt a lot of panels to them.  In fact . . . bolt the entire first room to them!   That is the MOST awesome form!  Set the panels on jacks so the room is supported.  Now jack it up to get the poles off the bottoms of the holes and level it out.  Have the inspector check your footings before you pour the concrete.  Once you have one room up level, you can bolt rooms all the way around it and pour another ring of footings.  One more stage should finish the first floor of even a nomally large building.  While you are putting the second ring of forms on, you can put the second floor on the first room.  When the concrete has cured, take out the jacks.  And you never have to pay anybody to tear down the forms and throw them away!

See?

I told you!

[I'll make a believer out of you yet!]

Bill Dur <billdur@net-prophet.net>

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