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> On May 18, 2021, at 9:35 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have a lease on a crummy old grain leg with a wood grain house. The > flooring in the top of the grain house is rotting, old beam joist still good, > not worried about structure. Roof leaks and racoons crap all over up there, > so it can be slick right into a hole with an 80 foot drop. > > We need to traverse this floor in the short term, the other alternative is > the old wooden hand propelled manlift (ill use that thing all day). > > We want to put up some of the expanded metal diamond type pattern metal > walkway like elevators have. > > This is a temporary that will probably be permanent solution to bridge from > the outdoor metal walkway to the indoor ladder spanning the rotting > floorboards across the beam joists. > > Im not actually sure what the right product is. I would just lay wood planks > if it werent for the fact they get slick as snot if wet and racoon pooped. If > i lay just the grate on the floor, I think wed have tread even if the animal > crap builds up. but i dont know how slick it will get when its waffle packed. > > A lifted walkway, like 3 or 4 inches would be great, like maybe on some > sleepers. > > Ive seen things like this, just dont know directly where to get them or where > the cost effective source is. Ideally there would be a temporary use solution > in the event the owner finally gets the roof fixed and floor repaired. > > Ita about a 20-25 foot span, and id like to get at least a 4'x4' platform at > the ladder base > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
