building on piers

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I built mine on 4 x 6 treated posts set in concrete just like you would build a pole barn. I set them 8ft oc and inset the outside posts 1.5 in all the way around to have a platform to build from that was exactly 16 x 32. I stick framed it and covered the outside with t&g white cedar. The one thing that I did do was put a full 32 foot 8 foot wide porch on the down hill side and covered it with green metal roofing like the cabin great covered space that makes the cabin seem twice as big. I have posts down the center like a bearing wall and end up with the largest span of 8 ft. on the floor joists which keeps the price down. The posts on the porch extend thru the deck to the roof rafters. If I had to do something different I would have gone with interior finished SIP's for the exterior walls.

Got them this time. Thanks.

Looking at the pics I can't tell if you have the floor insulated and boxed in or not. Kinda looks like it but..

what state (climate) are you located in?

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We are in Wyoming. The floor is insulated and covered with a plywood.
There is no plumbing. It is my husband"s studio right now.

Jill

ah ok that makes sense. This is about what we are wanting to build.

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I have looked at it again and it looks like the plywood was cut to fit inside and on the flanges of the TJI's. I would then assume that the insulation sits on top of the plywood. There is no wiring in the floor either.

Jill

that is also how I assumed it was. Only logical to quote spock

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