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re: Anyone have experience with a camp on land on pilings?
Posted on 6/6/14 at 1:06 pm to Da Hammer
Posted on 6/6/14 at 1:06 pm to Da Hammer
Definitely need to x-brace the pilings. My father-in-law's camp isn't and that damn thing shakes scarily in a wind but survived Gustave go figure. Also make sure you are above base elevation. It is a double edged sword, higher you go the liability and wind/hail increase but is a necessity to meet flood requirements. Just saw you are on a levee, you may not even need to go up 16'.
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Posted on 6/6/14 at 1:21 pm to bayoudude
IMO 16' isn't high enough, at least not where we are inshore. See if you can find out how high the surge was for that area during Katrina, Rita, Isaac, Ivan and base it off that. Or maybe see how high the oldest camps are in the area.
Ours is cross-braced like a mofo and still sways in medium winds. We have the bottom open as well, but have a large sail of a front porch on it
Ours is cross-braced like a mofo and still sways in medium winds. We have the bottom open as well, but have a large sail of a front porch on it
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:12 pm to bayoudude
quote:Why not a chevron brace? What the hell is wrong with a chevron brace?
Definitely need to x-brace the pilings.
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