I took a trip in time today

[Plymouthy Adams]

in part...

i would like to have a bigger shop one day..but doing a big slab is going to cost a lot...plus once the county finds out if you got a slab in your building it's now "permanent" and your property taxes go up:

I guess that is true everywhere..when I built my pole barn for storing my cars I did get a permit from the county..along with that you get a visit from the county agent..now the permit is nothing but a means to add the value to your tax base. But, any concrete flooring removes my building from agriculture/farm use and hits a much higher tax base...even knowing the poles are cemented into mother earth..I would loved to have my barn's floor in concrete with moisture barrier..I did trench the foundation and put a rubber anti-leeching membrane about the perimeter as i built and added onto later....as I never work in the building I guess dirt will be ample..

[moparbenny]

I guess that is true everywhere..when I built my pole barn for storing my cars I did get a permit from the county..along with that you get a visit from the county agent..now the permit is nothing but a means to add the value to your tax base. But, any concrete flooring removes my building from agriculture/farm use and hits a much higher tax base...even knowing the poles are cemented into mother earth..I would loved to have my barn's floor in concrete with moisture barrier..I did trench the foundation and put a rubber anti-leeching membrane about the perimeter as i built and added onto later....as I never work in the building I guess dirt will be ample..

that was a good idea to go around the perimeter like that.

there is this company http://www.superiorportablebuildings.com/ i was thinking of building a smaller building with a slab for my runners, then a two car with slab for a workshop..then build a gravel/dirt floor pole barn for my parts/project/paper weight cars..i want everything to be indoors because if you keep everything in doors nobody can say boo about anything..plus i spent many of hours taking parts off cars in feilds..it wasnt fun when i was 20 it's not going to be fun when i'm 70:cool:

the only problem i can see with the portable steel building is we get some really bad snows up here from time to time. and the news gets fill with stories of buildings crashing to the ground from the snow...but maybe i could use my welding experience to maybe beef up those trusses???

Edited June 10, 2012 by moparbenny