Originally Posted by
ashauler
By footer I mean a strip of concrete where the 4 x 4 laying on the ground would go, like a house foundation, just not as robust. IMO, harder to do, but better result and you don't have the wood rot to worry about.
OK, that's what I thought. That's probably one of the best ideas, but I'd like to avoid concrete work considering I'll be mixing in 5 gallon buckets. I was thinking that I could do kind of the same thing by sinking some posts at the corners with concrete and starting the frame from those using some 2x6 stock as joists. I'm not sure what would be best and easiest.
Considering I'm going to be in 3/4 time college until Jan 2010, I may have to let this project slide until next spring. The only thing that absolutely has to go up this spring is a fence, kennel area, and dog house.
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