Dave and all, Last week, I looked closely at Chuck Walter's install online and showed it to my wife. Instead, she really liked those pictures of that layout at the G1MRA website. I was hoping to avoid the concrete blocks; but the alternative is too much digging and pouring concrete. I now have a better understanding of the concrete blocks in dealing with the frost heave. It looks as though we will build a hybrid of the two.
Since I am starting relatively small, I think that the concrete block method will allow for easier modular expansion. I appreciate everyone's comments; they were all very helpful. Thanks, Joe > At 10:39 PM -0800 1/4/05, Gary wrote: > >Doing it right can save money and frustration. > > yes, but where's the fun in that? > > At 8:06 AM -0500 1/5/05, Jim Curry wrote: > >How about no holes? Set the 4x4 posts onto the concrete patio blocks > >designed to accept them. The entire layout goes up with the frost and down > >with the thaw. I've had mine up since 1998 with no problems. > > we've really got to share more about peripheral stuff like building > layouts ... it took me *months* to figure out that enough patio > blocks would mean that i wouldn't have to drill holes in my wife's > newly poured, tinted and embossed patio. as she has repeatedly told > me in the subsequent two years, though, the damn thing is so > over-engineered that we could hold dance contests on it (hey, watch > out for the rail) with no problem at all. > > \dmc > > -- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Dave Cole > Gen'l Sup't: Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co. > Pacifica, Calif. USA <http://45mm.com/> <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > List Mom: sslivesteam, the list of small-scale live steamers > <http://45mm.com/sslivesteam/lists/> > > ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMER STEAMUP IN SACRAMENTO, JULY 20-24, 2005 > For more information, visit the web site at <http://www.summersteamup.com> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
