Yo, werd. Just kidding.
In my detached garage, there is an 8x8 opening at the front end, which was a pass-through door in the 1930s-40s for the "coal truck" to back up to the house and dump the coal in the basement.
Until recently, this wall had a few 2x4s and some 1/4" plywood siding, presumably from the early '70s.
I ripped it all out and want to construct a better wall, on the inside of which will be a little work bench and some peg-board storage, etc.
The previous wall had concrete blocks, on top of which was a 2x4. There were a few pieces of rebar through the 2x4 and concrete in the middle of the wall, into the soft dirt underneath.
MY IDEA, so far, is to use a Green-treated 4x4 as a footer for the wall, like this:
Is this ok? The cement is at a slight grade DOWN from the garage out to the yard, there is a small (1 foot) section of bare dirt right in the middle of where the 4x4 would sit.
Should I do something ELSE to protect the wood? Run some plastic vapor-barrier sheeting under or around it? or something else?
Or, use some other material for the footer?
This wall is not a big deal, but I don't want to do it over in 5 years. 30 is ok.
THANKS!
