Comments on: Tiny Pallet Shed http://www.tinypallethouse.com/2008/09/tiny-pallet-shed/ Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Shelter Plans Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:40:38 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Simple Gifts » Blog Archive » Rain, rain http://www.tinypallethouse.com/2008/09/tiny-pallet-shed/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Simple Gifts » Blog Archive » Rain, rain Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:38:21 +0000 http://www.tinypallethouse.com/?p=207#comment-389 [...] poults, and goslings. We can search for some more wooden pallets to make new chicken tractors, and a shed. I can do some more work on that new book outline, maybe get a chapter worked on. I can take some [...] [...] poults, and goslings. We can search for some more wooden pallets to make new chicken tractors, and a shed. I can do some more work on that new book outline, maybe get a chapter worked on. I can take some [...]

]]> By: Michael http://www.tinypallethouse.com/2008/09/tiny-pallet-shed/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Michael Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.tinypallethouse.com/?p=207#comment-148 Peopleunit said... "raise it up off the foundation with one or two rows of cement blocks" Absolutely! Wood and the ground should not make contact if at all possible. Termites and rot are the main reasons. If a trailer is not available and leaving a pallet shed/house in one spot is acceptable then do what you can to raise it off the ground. In some cases gravel, rocks, or even rail road ties would work. Rail road ties are treated with creosote, which is not very nice stuff but blocks the bugs. Rail road ties would be my last choice. After a trailer, concrete blocks or rubble would be my first choice. Thanks! Peopleunit said… “raise it up off the foundation with one or two rows of cement blocks”

Absolutely! Wood and the ground should not make contact if at all possible. Termites and rot are the main reasons. If a trailer is not available and leaving a pallet shed/house in one spot is acceptable then do what you can to raise it off the ground.

In some cases gravel, rocks, or even rail road ties would work. Rail road ties are treated with creosote, which is not very nice stuff but blocks the bugs. Rail road ties would be my last choice. After a trailer, concrete blocks or rubble would be my first choice.

Thanks!

]]> By: Peopleunit http://www.tinypallethouse.com/2008/09/tiny-pallet-shed/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Peopleunit Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:50:19 +0000 http://www.tinypallethouse.com/?p=207#comment-145 If it were me I'd raise it up off the foundation with one or two rows of cement blocks. It would help keep the wood dry when it rains with a lower propensity for rot and eventual insect damage. If it were me I’d raise it up off the foundation with one or two rows of cement blocks. It would help keep the wood dry when it rains with a lower propensity for rot and eventual insect damage.

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