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Building a house on the river
Posted on 3/14/15 at 11:56 am
Posted on 3/14/15 at 11:56 am
Just got a lot on the river and trying to get going on building a house asap. The house will have to be on stilts and looking to build about 2000 sq ft. Any ideas on the best materials to build out of and cheapest?
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Posted on 3/14/15 at 12:09 pm to sasquatch69
Telephone poles
Posted on 3/14/15 at 12:15 pm to sasquatch69
Why the rush? Seems like rushing and going as cheap as possible might not be the smartest move on a house?
Posted on 3/14/15 at 12:31 pm to sasquatch69
I'm doing a metal building on I-beams. Waiting to get prices back. Not going low end. Will update w price when I get it. I wanna build a damn fortress. Would be easier if not in flood prone area.
Do not skimp on the supporting structure. U will regret it. Save money on the inside and by doing what work u can.
Do not skimp on the supporting structure. U will regret it. Save money on the inside and by doing what work u can.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 12:40 pm to sasquatch69
what river?
Posted on 3/14/15 at 1:14 pm to sasquatch69
12-14" wood piles. 4x12's for the sills. 2x12 floor joist. 
Posted on 3/14/15 at 1:17 pm to sasquatch69
quote:
build about 2000 sq ft. Any ideas on the best materials to build out of and cheapest?
This contradicts itself.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 4:22 pm to SmackoverHawg
Yeah I'm a mechanical engineering major, and I-beams have a pretty high moment of inertia and I can't think of a time where they have used more material than a rectangular beam that'll support the same load, so they are cheaper. I'm not sure what river you'll be on, but won't your home insurance be cheaper if your house is built pretty strong?
Posted on 3/14/15 at 5:55 pm to sasquatch69
Posted on 3/14/15 at 8:58 pm to sasquatch69
about 2 yrs ago i built a camp for a guy on the river. 14' above natural grade. if you want any pointers let me know: username60 w/o spaces at g mail dot com
Posted on 3/15/15 at 7:14 am to mack the knife
Below is a pic of the foundation if my house. I put 38, 40 foot pilings 30 feet in the ground. Then topped with 12X12 sills. Then use 2X10 floor joists. Where I live I had to build for hurricanes so it's really solid.
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This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 7:16 am
Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:15 am to LSU2001
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:03 am to LSU2001
MOAR PICS!!!!
Posted on 3/15/15 at 9:37 am to sasquatch69
Is this a brag thread? I'm unsure?
Posted on 3/15/15 at 10:02 am to sasquatch69
Build you a flood proof house
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
not a brag thread at all. Just wondering if info of y'all had any info on building a house on the river. It is on the Tombiggbee River. Trying to get ideas on what I'm going to build my stilts out of and what I'm going to build my actual house out of
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:44 pm to sasquatch69
Ibeams with steel collars, large round pipe with holes in them for pinning beams.
It can be built on ground and then systematically raised up, also can be adjusted for excess river height.
Can you follow me?
It can be built on ground and then systematically raised up, also can be adjusted for excess river height.
Can you follow me?
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 3/15/15 at 1:56 pm to sasquatch69
Where about on the Tombigbee? My family has a house on Pumpkin Creek about a half mile from the Tombigbee main channel. Our house has cypress siding and is on concrete block stilts filled with concrete and rebar about 8" feet off the ground. Highest the water has gotten is about 2' from getting inside the house in 1990. Had a tornado come down the driveway and total the neighbors house in 2013. We had minor damage but about 50 oak trees blown down on our lot.
Pics taken day after tornado. Had a full canopy of trees behind the house before the tornado.
Pics taken day after tornado. Had a full canopy of trees behind the house before the tornado.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 2:26 pm to sasquatch69
How much more expensive is using metal supports? Was told some horror stories about replacing the wooden stilts on a few friends/families places on the water.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 3:19 pm to stoms
Can you keep metal, in the ground, from rusting over the long term?
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