Crawl Space mold and storage area

One method might be to make a "permanent tent" for want of a better word. Frame up a building with something like 2" timber and cover with tarpaulins or plastic sheeting. Hold the tarpaulins/plastic with nailed on battens. If you anticipate snow problems sheet the "roof" with whatever thickness plywood or particle board you think you'll need under the plastic.

Cheers,

John D. Slocomb (jdslocombatgmail)

You guys got me wondering if one of those soft sided carports with the sides, front and back would do OK. My stuff I'll store outside will be stuff that can take the temperature and I plan to use plastic bags inside of plastic tubs to help moisture proof it. I had one of these before and it was great for a few months until it blew away in a storm. If I try one again I'll use mobile home tie downs and maybe cables with turnbuckles to hold everything solid.

RogerN

How costly are "Pods"?

Upsides - cheap and fairly quick, though much better if you take the time to level the ground well. Downsides - not one of the rodent-resistant options. Not even remotely lockable. Need reinforcing (buy a stack of emt conduit and truss up the roof, at minimum) to actually take snow load. I have one, and it came with 6 tie-down anchors about 30 inches long. Of course, in my soil it will need a pickaxe to get those into the ground/mass of various sized rocks. I stuck in 30-odd

11 inch screws for now, will try to come back to the ground anchors before winter.

The local Mayflower Van Lines moving company has a pile of 8' * 8' *

8' plywood boxes for $80. They are knocked down, and will fit in the bed of a full sized pickup truck.

I have lots of varieties of "stuff", some I just haven't gotten around to sorting out and throwing away. Some stuff should be stored in the house, quality expensive electronics, etc. Some stuff I need to keep dry due to rust, etc. Some stuff to store in a cool dry place... Some of my electronic components, IC's, semiconductors, microprocessors, etc. don't seem to be bothered by temperature extremes. The tent style car ports would be nice to park the Kubota in and perhaps store some storage boxes of stuff not too valuable and not affected by temperature extremes.

I can try to organize stuff by the environment it can be stored in, and store accordingly. And in this process I hope I can make enough room to get a couple rooms cleared out so we can sleep in one and rebuild the floor and access the crawl space from the other.

I bought a fiberglass camper top for my truck today for $25, I think I may be able to fit more than a dozen storage totes in it. That should keep the stuff dry and keep rodents out I hope.

RogerN

I haven't price them, is that something you buy or rent? I'm planning to find storage room out of the house for stuff I hope not to bring back in. I'm hoping to get a building, maybe 30X50, for a shop area within the next couple of years if I can ever get caught up a little. I thought perhaps if I fill all my available space I could possibly rent a storage bay for a few months and take a couple of truck loads.

RogerN

Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. When you've got the floor torn up, dig a hole in the crawl space and line it with cement blocks, concrete or whatever. Put a concealed hatch in the new floor and you've got a nice hiding place for valuables, guns, contraband, etc.

Plus, having an inside hatch into the crawl space makes a dandy way to get out of the house when the cops have got it surrounded (providing the outside access is somewhat concealed). ;-)

Thats what 36" culvert is good for.

I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

"Paul Hovnanian P.E." on Tue, 07 Sep 2010

10:54:30 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Put in two. One for the finding, one for the hiding.

Like the man said, 36 inch culvert.

You can get "paranoid" and put firing steps back of the vents, so that you can shoot from under the house, while they aim at the windows.

But I think that is a bit extreme B-) maybe.

tschus pyotr

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I don't know if I'd do that with cops. You'd give away your position. Better to play the recording of you yelling about how you are trying to find a pair of pants and you'll be right out. While you crawl quietly through the exit.

The 'Cops' show had a bit about how they pulled up to a suspect's house and phoned him, asking him to please step outside. The idiot did it.

I'd have hid behind the sofa and told them, "I'm standing right here in the doorway. I don't see you guys anywhere. Oh, did they say North 205th Street? I live on South 205th."

Always be nice to cops and make them think it was just a mistake. You'll live longer.