RE: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread Gerrit Visser
Are there a lot of houses getting this proofing done? We visited in 2011 11 days before the quake, beautiful city. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject:

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread John
On 3/13/2014 2:40 AM, David Mann wrote: Here's a followup the house on wheels shots I posted a few weeks ago. They've inserted steel piles then laid a reinforced concrete slab on top with wooden piles sticking out of it. I really wish it was that nice under my house.

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread David Mann
On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:01 am, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@psgv.ca wrote: Are there a lot of houses getting this proofing done? We visited in 2011 11 days before the quake, beautiful city. I don't think many places are getting this level of treatment. In areas where the ground is bad, the

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread David Mann
On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:24 am, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Did they embed the ends of those wooden piles in the concrete slab? I don't think that's such a good idea. Even pressure treated wood will rot when it's embedded in concrete ... found out about that the hard way. Yes they are

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread Alan C
What would you do under there? Alan C -Original Message- From: David Mann Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: New Foundations Here's a followup the house on wheels shots I posted a few weeks ago. They've inserted steel piles then laid a

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread David Mann
I still have painful memories of installing underfloor insulation in my house. It's amazing the amount of crap the builders left down there, mostly broken bits of roof tiles. They didn't bother to clean it up before putting the floorboards in. Oh yeah and I insulated the hot water pipes as

RE: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread Gerrit Visser
arrangements to meet up. We have a good friend on the North Island, need to get back there... Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: New Foundations On Mar 14

Re: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread David Mann
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: New Foundations On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:01 am, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@psgv.ca wrote: Are there a lot of houses getting this proofing done? We visited in 2011 11 days before the quake, beautiful city. I don't think many places are getting

RE: PESO: New Foundations

2014-03-13 Thread Gerrit Visser
I will fix it, thank you for the info. Yes, have seen various photos, sad. But the NZ spirit keeps going. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO