[AT] another new shop

[Cecil E Monson]

	It looks like I may get a chance to design another new shop
and put it up in the coming year. I have a list of things I am going
to change from the way I built the shop I have now. One thing I am
going to add is an auxiliary hot water heating system that will heat
the house and the new shop from one location. There will be an oil
burning furnace that will handle both locations also and it will shut
down if the wood furnace is going.

	Which brings me to the question.  Does anyone on the List have
an outdoor furnace that is used this way?  The ones I am considering
are the outdoor furnaces with a large firebox that stand out away from
the buildings a ways and look like a little building. If you have one,
what do you think of it and would you put in another one if the situation
came up again?

	Another question I have is concerning the concrete floor. On the
new shop I have now, I specified 6" of concrete with steel laid on the
whole thing and centered inside the slab. The pour was 36' X 48' and the
thickness and the steel did nothing to stop cracking. I have a diagonal
crack that did not spread but goes literally across the building from one
front corner to an opposite rear corner. Before the floor was poured and
while the building was under construction, I hauled and spread about 8"
of 3/4" crushed stone over the entire floor and it was well compacted by
the time the concrete was poured. I thought I had everything covered with
the steel and the underlayment of stone but apparently not. I made sure
when the concrete was poured that I was there and that the steel stayed
in place so I know that was done. Maybe cracks are the way things go but
I would just as soon not have any if I do it again.

	Any comments will be appreciated.

Cecil
-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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