Posted by: "hapennyherald" hapennyherald@yahoo.com
> Lots of people have addressed building a floor
Hi David;
Yes, we were responding to being told that it was a "shed",
which was not really true.
> my question is why your mentor wants one?
The webpage instructions (link that was posted) did not have one.
> Bird droppings are hard to clean off of bare wood and
> promote rot. Unless you want to put down a water/poop
> proof membrane and a layer of dry sawdust the floor is
> going to rot and fairly quickly.
If would seem, now that the true function of the structure
has been disclosed, that it might be best to build it as a
little pole barn, with 4x4 posts at each corner (extending
down into the ground), purlins (2x4s run vertical 24" oc)
and metal siding. The roof can be built basically the
same way as tyhe walls (with the addition of rafters
for the purlins to bear on.
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