Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:07:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore

A lot depends on what state you are in and what the building code
says.

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:07:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore
If I was building a "normal" storage shed today I'd be looking REAL
CLOSE at the resin sheds like Royal, Suncast, Rubbermaid, Lifetime,
etc.

On 03/25/2019 10:30 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:07:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore
If I was building a "normal" storage shed today I'd be looking REAL
CLOSE at the resin sheds like Royal, Suncast, Rubbermaid, Lifetime,
etc.


I've got a resin shed and it's held together good except from one freak
microburst that disassembled it. I put it back together with some
sturdier fasteners at key points.

I also have one of the sheet metal variety in Arizona that's held up for
close to thirty years. If you get one of those, have a helper on hand
and pick a still day. They're rugged enough when they are assembled. I
put mine together on New Years day. My friend had a major hangover and
the wind picks up after sunrise in Arizona. Wasn't fun. A power
screwdriver would be good too.

On 3/26/19 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore

Be careful how you build.

Where I live, if sheds have footings and a concrete floor, the square footage is calculated and the structure is taxed at the same rate as a house.Â* OTOH, build a pressure-treated floating deck and then build a shed on top of that and you'll avoid
additional property taxes

On 3/26/2019 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore


Comes down to money versus ambition. I bought a complete shed, 12 x 16,
and had it delivered, set in place. Done, but cost more than a kit.
Much easier and faster though.

On 03/26/2019 05:02 AM, Nanci Pelosey wrote:
On 3/26/19 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too
long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind
putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews
of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped
wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore

Be careful how you build.

Where I live, if sheds have footings and a concrete floor, the square
footage is calculated and the structure is taxed at the same rate as a
house. OTOH, build a pressure-treated floating deck and then build a
shed on top of that and you'll avoid additional property taxes


Another advantage is if you bevel the deck beam ends like skis you can
drag the shed to another location. Not that anybody ever wished they'd
build the shed someplace other than where it is...

Another advantage is if you bevel the deck beam ends like skis you can
drag the shed to another location. Not that anybody ever wished they'd
build the shed someplace other than where it is...


I've moved both of my garden sheds 8 x 8 9 x 12 board & batten
all by myself - jack & roll easy as pie.
And hardly a mark in the lawn.
When I built them, I just copied what was on display at the local
lumber yard.
John T.

A lot depends on what state you are in and what the building code
says.

Local building code is such that as long as I put the shed on blocks (i.e. not a poured concrete foundation floor slab), it doesn't count as a structure that requires inspection.

Be careful how you build.

Where I live, if sheds have footings and a concrete floor, the square footage is calculated and the structure is taxed at the same rate as a house.Â* OTOH, build a pressure-treated floating deck and then build a shed on top of that and you'll avoid
additional property taxes

Yes, same for me. Therefore, shed will be raised on 4-6 (or however many needed) individual concrete blocks. No poured floor slab. No foundation.

On 3/26/2019 11:32 AM, wrote:
A lot depends on what state you are in and what the building code
says.

Local building code is such that as long as I put the shed on blocks (i.e. not a poured concrete foundation floor slab), it doesn't count as a structure that requires inspection.


Same when I put mine in. Did need a permit though, and a sketch of
location as it cannot be within 5' of the property line.

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:58:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 3/26/2019 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore


Comes down to money versus ambition. I bought a complete shed, 12 x 16,
and had it delivered, set in place. Done, but cost more than a kit.
Much easier and faster though.
And for many hangers-on on this list, much better constructed as
well.

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:33:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Be careful how you build.

Where I live, if sheds have footings and a concrete floor, the square footage is calculated and the structure is taxed at the same rate as a house.* OTOH, build a pressure-treated floating deck and then build a shed on top of that and you'll avoid
additional property taxes

Yes, same for me. Therefore, shed will be raised on 4-6 (or however many needed) individual concrete blocks. No poured floor slab. No foundation.
Precast concrete sidewalk slabs on grade also work without tax or
inspection issues (at least in most places) Anything that makes it
not a "permanent structure". Limited in size though - 100 or 120
square foot maximum is common. Rules out the "portable garages" in
many areas.

On 3/26/2019 12:30 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:07:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore
If I was building a "normal" storage shed today I'd be looking REAL
CLOSE at the resin sheds like Royal, Suncast, Rubbermaid, Lifetime,
etc.


I've had a Rubbermaid for years. Still holding strong. No worries of
rotting, decaying or anything associated with aging wood.

On 3/26/2019 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore


Rubbermaid or another resin type shed. Mine's held up for many years and
I assembled it in about an hour.

Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a little more in all directions)

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:32:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

A lot depends on what state you are in and what the building code
says.

Local building code is such that as long as I put the shed on blocks (i.e. not a poured concrete foundation floor slab), it doesn't count as a structure that requires inspection.

See that is what I am talking about. In Florida your shed has to meet
the wind code and anything simply up on blocks is illegal (AKA wind
borne debris)
ALL sheds require engineering and a permit.
They make prefab wind code sheds but they still need an engineered tie
down.
We see what happens when you don't every time some little dust devil
or minor windstorm goes through a northern state. (Like "not quite a
storm" Sandy).

On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a little
more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:47:08 +1100, Jac Brown, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote:

What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

You are obviously like a dog who needs to **** in ANY thread just so he can
smell his own **** in as many places as possible, senile Rot!

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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

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"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 1:03:10 PM UTC-4, Jac Brown wrote:
"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

On something as small as a shed you could probably DIY.

There is also ICF construction but you'd need to hire a concrete truck to pour, I would think.

Either one would give you a very solid shed.

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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

On something as small as a shed you could probably DIY.

Yeah, the problem is tho with sheds they arent very often
sited with the full wall height of space beside each wall.

There is also ICF construction but you'd need
to hire a concrete truck to pour, I would think.

Hardly anyone mixes concrete with a mixer
anymore, even for stuff like a driveway.

Either one would give you a very solid shed.

Yeah and ICF would work well in places with cold
winters and here with stinking hot summers. We
can get 10 days in a row over 100F and this
summer had 3 of those. Not much fun in a shed
that isnt well insulated on days like that,

On 3/26/2019 12:07 AM, wrote:
Can anyone recommend a quality storage shed kit?
Looking for something around 9ftx16ft.
I don't want to build from scratch because I think it would take too long to make all the cuts and get all the parts. I wouldn't mind putting together a kit , but have read some horror stories on reviews of kits delivered with significant damage, missing parts, badly warped wood, etc.
All advice appreciated.
Regards,
Theodore

My experience years ago was putting up one made of aluminum. I had
gravel as base and covered it with exterior plywood. No permit needed
but that was years ago and local regulations change.

Today I might browse the big box stores on line to see what they have to
offer and check all reviews.

Might also mention that neighbor had one made by the Amish in nearby PA
and shipped in and said he saved a ton of money.

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:02:58 +1100, Jac Brown, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote:

FLUSH senile troll****

02:58 am AGAIN? LMAO So, why can't you sleep in, you clinically insane
senile nutter? I mean, you do it EVERY DAY! Is it because this here is the
ONLY place where you can keep talking to people without them being able to
run away from you, you senile pest? BG

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On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:01:18 +1100, Jac Brow, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote:

winters and here with stinking hot summers. We
can get 10 days in a row over 100F and this
summer had 3 of those. Not much fun in a shed
that isnt well insulated on days like that,

Obviously your head suffered from several heat strokes, senile Rot!

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On 03/27/2019 11:02 AM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

I've never seen it. I'm not arguing, just saying I haven't seen the
technique.

http://tiltup.com/

"Tilt-up construction allows general contractors to build a wide range
of commercial buildings more quickly and with lower construction costs
than what is typical for traditional masonry construction projects.
Texas, California and Florida are currently the most popular states for
tilt-up concrete construction. In northern states with more severe
winter climates, Precast concrete buildings are more popular."

That explains a lot since I've lived my life in the north, but I haven't
seen precast around here either.

https://slate.com/business/2018/03/t...-go-wrong.html

Few bugs to work out for bridge construction, I guess. In one of my
freshman classes at college they showed a film of the Tacoma Narrows
bridge as an object lesson in how not to do it.

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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

I've never seen it. I'm not arguing, just saying I haven't seen the
technique.

http://tiltup.com/

"Tilt-up construction allows general contractors to build a wide range of
commercial buildings more quickly and with lower construction costs than
what is typical for traditional masonry construction projects. Texas,
California and Florida are currently the most popular states for tilt-up
concrete construction. In northern states with more severe winter
climates, Precast concrete buildings are more popular."

That explains a lot since I've lived my life in the north, but I haven't
seen precast around here either.

Yeah, ours is mostly like your south/texas etc.

https://slate.com/business/2018/03/t...-go-wrong.html

Few bugs to work out for bridge construction, I guess.

Yeah, we had one of those ourselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge#Collapse

In one of my freshman classes at college they showed a film of the Tacoma
Narrows bridge as an object lesson in how not to do it.

Yeah, I have recently watched an entire series on the most
famous bridges around the world. Pretty spectacular failure.

On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:13:00 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 03/27/2019 11:02 AM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 10:47 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/26/2019 01:21 PM, TimR wrote:
Do you have enough room to do a tilt up? (need wall height and a
little more in all directions)


What are you tilting up?

Concrete walls poured locally.

that sounds like a 'hold my beer and watch this' moment.

Most of the single story commercial building is done that way
here, by people paid quite a bit more than the minimum wage.
A few houses too.

I've never seen it. I'm not arguing, just saying I haven't seen the
technique.

http://tiltup.com/

"Tilt-up construction allows general contractors to build a wide range
of commercial buildings more quickly and with lower construction costs
than what is typical for traditional masonry construction projects.
Texas, California and Florida are currently the most popular states for
tilt-up concrete construction. In northern states with more severe
winter climates, Precast concrete buildings are more popular."

That explains a lot since I've lived my life in the north, but I haven't
seen precast around here either.

As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:30:31 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

Yeah, I have recently watched an entire series on the most
famous bridges around the world. Pretty spectacular failure.

TV, yes! That's where you lonely forsaken senile asshole get all your senile
"education" from (also your imaginary "mates" whose stories you keep
re-telling on Usenet)! LOL

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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

On 3/28/2019 10:44 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

Duh, its been done
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww2/

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On 3/28/2019 10:44 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

Duh, its been done
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww2/

I wasn’t talking about concrete ships, of course those have been don’t.
I was talking about push up concrete slabs for walls, can't see that
working for a normal ship or even a barge for the reason I stated.

But with 20/20 hindsight when not so early in the morning,
he may have been talking about YTong concrete that floats.
Not convinced about that either because those blocks are
autoclaved and its hard to see how you would make a
viable boat out of concrete blocks. The mortar between
block doesn’t glue the blocks together, its actually just
a way of bedding the edges so they don’t rock or leak.

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:29:40 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

That may be the same stuff.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:44:30 +1100, "Jac Brown"
wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

They could cast the whole hull in one shot.. Put some steel in it and
you have something.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:01:22 +1100, "Jac Brown"
wrote:



"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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On 3/28/2019 10:44 PM, Jac Brown wrote:


"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

Duh, its been done
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww2/

I wasnt talking about concrete ships, of course those have been dont.
I was talking about push up concrete slabs for walls, can't see that
working for a normal ship or even a barge for the reason I stated.

But with 20/20 hindsight when not so early in the morning,
he may have been talking about YTong concrete that floats.
Not convinced about that either because those blocks are
autoclaved and its hard to see how you would make a
viable boat out of concrete blocks. The mortar between
block doesnt glue the blocks together, its actually just
a way of bedding the edges so they dont rock or leak.

I suppose I might be able to find a picture but I know a core drilled
piece from a Ytong wall floated in my pool. This **** feels like white
pine.

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On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:29:40 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

That may be the same stuff.

No its not, YTong concrete is autoclaved, ferro
cement boats can't be, they are too big for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocl...rated_concrete

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:44:30 +1100, "Jac Brown"
wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 03/27/2019 10:27 PM, wrote:
As your article says, Florida loves tilt up. It is a fast way to get
to the wind code. They were in love with Y Tong concrete for a while
but it went away just as fast. I am not sure what happened there.
That is interesting stuff (air entrained) it floats.

I wonder if you could adapt it to ferro-cement boat building?

Cant see that working because of the curved hull required.

Not convinced it would work for a barge either, hard to
do the joints.

They could cast the whole hull in one shot.. Put some steel in it and
you have something.

Sure, but that's not YTong concrete. Its autoclaved.