I have heard that even treated wood can rot after being in contact with the ground. Will Max's floor or frame rot if he doesn't put down gravel or cement blocks?
earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >You can probably find someone with one of those dirt cutting chain saw like >things to cut you a groove for the power line. Maybe even a utility company >will do it for a price or your buddy might know someone with one. I don't >know if they can be rented or not. You can make the cut with almost no >detectible damage and what is done disappears very quickly. > >I still think you should fly Janet and I down to help you out! > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Max Robinson" <<mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Blind Handyman" ><<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:05 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Back yard shop. > > > Hi List. > > > > Don has asked me to post progress reports on the shop. OK. Here is the > > first one. I called my friend John Smith today and he reinforced my > > opinion > > that I don't need to worry about inspections. In rural areas such is this > > farmers are always making changes, adding buildings and wiring them. > > Messing around with inspections would be a pain in several parts of the > > anatomy so officials look the other way and nobody worries about it. If > > someone makes a mistake and the barn burns down there is no one else to > > blame or sue. Personal freedom brings personal responsibility. I'm going > > to do everything I can to meet code because that is the sane and sensible > > thing to do. I have room for an additional 240 volt circuit in my breaker > > box. I will install a 30 amp dual breaker there and take the wire outside > > through the same conduit which carries the airconditioner power. Not on > > the > > same circuit as the AC, just sharing the exit. We will modify the AC > > conduit using a 3 port LB, one coming out of the wall, one going to the AC > > and the third one going down into the ground. We will use number 10 4 > > wire > > cable rated for burial and run in steel conduit above ground and PVC > > below. > > I'll probably put in 4 15 amp branch circuits in the shop. I know that > > adds > > up to 60 not 30 but electrical wiring is routinely based on the diversity > > principle. Not all circuits will be drawing full current at the same > > time. > > If you were to add up all the branch circuits in your house the sum would > > be > > considerably greater than the rating of the main breaker. I'm going to > > look > > into getting a trench dug using a machine so I won't have to do it by > > hand. > > Code calls for 18 inches if conduit is not used. It's a little vague when > > conduit is used. I have to pass over the field drain for my septic tank > > and > > be sure not to cover them, or the tank, with the shop building. Putting > > down gravel sounds like a good idea. I should have done it with the > > storage > > shed. > > > > Regards. > > > > Max. 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