Fixing water damage on the old Dodge (pics)
I got started on my summer project the last couple days. I found this thing on Craig's list for $100 and drove it home. It's a 78 Dodge Monaco 23' with a 440. Here's what it looked like when I brought...
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About your piers.....Around here home improvement centers sell Sono-tubes. They are 8", 10" and 12" diameter cardboard tubes that are 4' long. To make your project more accurate, and move along faster, I advise to cut 12" diameter tubes into 3 equal length sections. Dig 9" deep holes and set the tops of them level with eachother, using a line level, averaging 7" above grade. Add pea gravel when neccessary to help in leveling them with eachother. Then fill them up with concrete and "L" bolt. All your cement piers will be level with eachother, so you have a perfect level foundation to start your framing. If you have a frostline that is deeper than 9", then make the tubes long enough to get down to that depth.
Wooden deck foundations are made that way all the time, at least where I live.
Wooden deck foundations are made that way all the time, at least where I live.
