I would like to clarify a few things about the floor framing that I proposed.
The ends of the main sleepers are merely setting into pockets created in the inside face of the concrete wall, they are not embedded per say. . . Another option would be to add a concrete or block column to the inside surface of the wall that would carry the sleepers.
Rooster
Craig,
I'll be laying up the stem walls for the barn in concrete block. I'd thought that the easiest way to support the sleepers would be to build out the wall on the inside of the foundation under the sleepers, as you suggested. I'd want to isolate the timbers from contact with the concrete with a layer of PT between. Seeing old foundations with timber ends drawing moisture from direct contact with the masonry raised my concerns about putting the sleepers directly onto concrete. Did the one that you'd looked at have any moisture problems at the timber ends?
