[AT] OT Barn floor question

[Larry D. Goss]

I wonder how a floor made of the new synthetic decking material that
Home Depot and Lowe's has for sale would work?  It would let the urine
through to the dirt below and theoretically would not delaminate.  It
also would be REALLY expensive.

I was talking with a friend this afternoon about this material as a
possible alternative to wood for the next time I restore my antique
windmill.  We finally figured that I probably could use it for all of
the wheel and tail fin as long as I didn't try to laminate it for the
hoops.  It's way too stiff for the curved hoops unless I resaw it
extremely thin and then there's the problem that it probably isn't
absorbent enough for any glue to work with it.

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mark Greer
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:17 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Barn floor question

You will not want a horse on a plywood floor-concrete under it or not.
The
urine will delaminate the floor in short order. I have never seen a
horse
stall that wasn't dirt/clay/crushed limestone with bedding material on
top.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew" <matthewx at dogod.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Barn floor question


> A few points...
>
> First, I use the term Amish barn loosly.  I would call the sheds  they
> sell at Lowes or Home Depot Amish sheds.  There are so many Amish
builders
> around here the term has become generic.  AS it happens the folks
building
> my barn are Amish, but the reason I went with them was they charge a
lot
less.
>
> The folks building mine will do on-site building but that is much more
> expensive.  They have quite the setup going, and I had a 15 week leed
> time on the barn I got, built at their shop.
>
> They say they they drop a lot of these on lawns with no problems, I
have
> concerns that an 1100 pound horse may go through the plywood floor.
> I thought filling between the joists with cement would fix that.  If
> my math is near right I would need about 1 cubic yard.
>
> --Matthew
>
>
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