I don't know where you live but if you have harsh winters, frost can be a problem. Here in Pennsylvania, where I live, I have a smokehouse. The smoke is produced in a piece of 20 inch pipe aproximately 3 foot long. I didn't put a footer for the pipe, just layed it on the ground because I wasn't sure at the time where I really wanted the smokehouse located. (A long story short) the smokehouse has been in the same place since the mid 1960's and every time after a winter, I have to streighten up the smoke barrel when I use the smokehouse because of the frost heaving it.
----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] precast concrete stairs ah -ha. I bet that is the problem with the front porch as ithe so called foot ing is less than 6 inches thick and it is on the surface to line up with thesidewalk. thanks.Lee On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 10:14:00AM -0400, NLG wrote: > I installed a set for my brother in 1983 and like you never had any trouble . I installed these on a concrete footer which is well below the frost line and have had no problems with shifting. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 8:54 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] precast concrete stairs > > > > > Do any of you have pre cast concrete stairs on your property? we have > three sets of these durable concrete stairs. one down that lead up > and out of the basement and , two other stair sets that go to the > front and side door of this house and they were installed in 1979. the > only problem we have had and it is not the stairs falling apart but > the front porch stairs have shifted towards the house so I am > going to have to find a way to get under that left side and use some > sort of fulcrom to lift and shimmy up those stairs . Lee > > -- > "The sixties were good to you, weren't they?" > -- George Carlin > . > > > > --PG84sNqatZFp6j6W5rlLQpy8vha-0Y9GELrLlIM-- margin-bottom: ä8$üÔ6 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- "The sixties were good to you, weren't they?" -- George Carlin . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
