Posted by oldhousehugger25 on May 04, 2009 at 22:11:56 from (205.188.116.74):
In Reply to: O/T Pole barn poles posted by C-man on May 04, 2009 at 14:56:53:
Problem is with most building codes is that the engineers submit thier version to the politicians who have to argue about it for a while before passing the dumbest rules possible for an ignorant commitee to agree on. Have you been trying to keep up with the electrical code? it changes every 10 minutes. But Foundations here in dallas are a joke. Politicians thought it would restrict building if they were to require real foundations. Thats why the house leveling and foundation repair bussines is a multimillion dollar gig.
This area is covered with 1 to 40 feet of expansive clay which if you get below the water table stays pretty stable. 2 problems. The water table varies from place to place and by the seasons. Mid August here you can dig down 6 feet and it will be bone dry. You can't drive a ground rod deep enough to make an electric fence work.
I read some University of manitoba canada articles about drilling rebar thru your poles before setting them in concrete to keep the ploe from being pulled out by the wind.
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