Hi, New Guy here and I have experience in wood foundations. I have one and my
neighbor also built one a year later. I used special order pressure treated
plywood along with stainless steel screws & fasteners. As mentioned earlier, a
proper base, wrapping and drainage is important. It has been almost thirty
years and I am quite happy. My neighbor, used regular pressure treated plywood
and unknown fasteners and quite frankly, he is still warm & dry. Later I helped
build an interesting single level house that was sunk into the ground about
three feet. Their heating & A/C bill was a joke. Quite frankly, I believe a
wood foundation is superior to the old block jobs. Block can crack settle leak
& cave – wood won't.

Howard


--- In ownerbuilderclub@yahoogroups.com, "genoman" <genoman45@...> wrote:
>
> I thought I had approved your post to me but for some reason it did not come
through. But in it you clearly proved that you had no self-interest except as a
home builder to favor wood foundations. Actually your research is very welcome
in this group, as you bring up an alternative that might be helpful to others -
both sides are very welcome so potential owner home builders can see they have
alternatives to conventional methods and have the information to do more
research or to move forward.
>
> thank you for your posts
>
> Gene
>
> --- In ownerbuilderclub@yahoogroups.com, "tosii2" <terryovt@> wrote:
> >
> > Warren,
> > I hope you were able to read my reply to Gene. I have been 'researching'
this building methodology for many years, not just since I posted my first note
here. My purpose in posting in the first place was to see if there were any
others with whom to share experiences with this building method. I have already
built with this technique (the A-Frame foundation I mentioned in my first post),
so I wasn't approaching it from the point of view of a 'newbee' looking for
suggestions.
> >
> > I don't know what you mean when you say "we have been duped".
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > --- In ownerbuilderclub@yahoogroups.com, warren_aias <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Gene,
> > > It does seem we have been duped. Maybe Terry researched it after posting
the question.
> > >
> > > But it is nice we got some good responses on the subject of PWF. Next time
we will be better prepared.
> > >
> > > There is so much to learn in the building industry. It seems there is
always something new. The question will be, is it useful and beneficial or just
another scam to make a sale.
> > >
> > > Warren
> > >
> >
>