...I could use some design help for plinths under some 6x8 posts...
Hi Joe,
Boy its been what, .over a year since we exchanged emails on the topic of "horizontal bracing systems? Good to see your still in the game and going strong with building!
I'll post some stuff below. Hope you can put it to good use. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to go into more details...
We (i.e. the Company I work with almost exclusively now...
New World Barn Company) build exclusively off stone plinth. We don't do otherwise unless someone just doesn't like stone or doesn't want to use it on a project...
The
Menomonie Farmers Market Pavilion (we've been told) is the largest commercial/public structure built and resting on a stone plinth foundation built in the last 100 years here in North America without any concrete being part of the structural foundation. They did end up (icky!!!) pouring concrete all around it instead of using the stone pavers they planed too...
Here is some other links on
Jointed Stone and
Stone Plinth to perhaps give you additional ideas...
Good luck with everything...Hope this was of some help?
j