October 23, 20187 yr Author 50 minutes ago, Stick486 said: @LarryS what kind of flooring do you have inside the house???... The flooring is 1/2" plywood with particle board on top of that with carpet on top of that.
October 23, 20187 yr is that pieces of T1-11 sheathing laying on the ground??? was there a drip edge or drip lip at the bottom edge of the siding???...
October 23, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, LarryS said: The flooring is 1/2" plywood with particle board on top of that with carpet on top of that. that is some saving grace...
October 23, 20187 yr @LarryS Ok now I can see what you're working with. Since you have the wall down to the sheathing you could support the wall from the outside by screwing a 2x6 across the wall and using a few bottle jacks or camper jacks to take the weight off the end joist.
October 23, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Stick486 said: WTB that is a wet moldy crawl space... The crawl space has Visqueen Vapor Barrier. I'm to get under the house a crawl around with no problem.
October 23, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, LarryS said: The crawl space has Visqueen Vapor Barrier. I'm to get under the house a crawl around with no problem. Since the crawl space is accessible you could also support the wall from beneath using a 4x4 on jacks just shy of the outside joist.
October 23, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said: @LarryS Ok now I can see what you're working with. Since you have the wall down to the sheathing you could support the wall from the outside by screwing a 2x6 across the wall and using a few bottle jacks or camper jacks to take the weight off the end joist. I can put the 2x6 on the outside!! 👍 Now I just have to see if the rental place has bottle jacks.
October 23, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, LarryS said: I can put the 2x6 on the outside!! 👍 Now I just have to see if the rental place has bottle jacks. Just make sure to use long screws and screw into the studs. Do you know anyone with a camping trailer? See if you could borrow their leveling jacks.
October 23, 20187 yr Author Just now, Larry Buskirk said: Since the crawl space is accessible you could also support the wall from beneath using a 4x4 on jacks just shy of the outside joist. I'm just about to crawl under the house and see how close the next floor joist is from the outside of the sill. I've been under the house lots of times and really don't remember. This will refresh my mind to see what I'm working with under their also.
October 23, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, LarryS said: 'm just about to crawl under the house and see how close the next floor joist is from the outside of the sill. take pictures.. we need pictures...
October 23, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said: Just make sure to use long screws and screw into the studs. Do you know anyone with a camping trailer? See if you could borrow their leveling jacks. Yes on the screws 👍 I have a camper but no leveling jacks like that.
October 23, 20187 yr Just now, Stick486 said: take pictures.. we need pictures... Ya, Larry's first photo looked like the wall was sitting on the inside edge of the sill plate. The rotted joist looked like it was 90°from the wall. The second photo shows the rotted joist is part of the wall.
October 23, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, LarryS said: Yes on the screws timbermates, RSS, SPAX or GRKs structural screws rated for shear... do not use lags...
October 23, 20187 yr 18 minutes ago, LarryS said: Now I just have to see if the rental place has bottle jacks. go w/ house lifting jacks and not bottle jacks... way safer...
October 23, 20187 yr 25 minutes ago, LarryS said: The crawl space has Visqueen Vapor Barrier as low as that Radon vent is it lets all kinds of water flow into the crawl space...
October 24, 20187 yr On 10/22/2018 at 8:35 PM, Stick486 said: replace the rotted sill w/ PT timber rated as follows... use a bituminous membrane barrier between the block and sill UC4A, Ground Contact, General Use UC4B, Ground Contact, Heavy Duty UC4C, Ground Contact, Extreme Duty if you can't get the PT you need.. use redwood w/ the bituminous barrier... Edited October 24, 20187 yr by Stick486
October 24, 20187 yr On 10/22/2018 at 6:32 PM, LarryS said: I have to replace the box sill on the house. Done yet???...
October 25, 20187 yr got some questions... do hope you have some answers... what kind/type of siding was on the house???... was there any drip flashing on it at the bottom???... what kind barrier was under the siding.. why is the wall still exposed to the elements???... you let the wall insulation get damp/wet you are really in for some trouble... did you remove the flashing from the windows???... have you peeled back your carpet's edge to see if there are more issues that have spread to the inside of the house???... will you be removing at least 16'' of the showing OSB on the bottom edge???... what is your mold/fungus abatement program???....
October 26, 20187 yr Author Been really busy tearing apart and replacing. Got the box sill replaced, new foundation vents in. The rental place doesn't rent bottle jacks anymore so I went and bought 4 20 ton Hydraulic Heavy Duty Bottle Jacks to help lift the house. Worked great. Putting treated plywood on the box getting ready to put house wrap on and then siding back up. Then will have to do a bit of grading to keep the water away from the foundation. Sorry haven't had time to take pictures. Trying to get it all done before that white fluffy stuff starts flying. Thanks everyone for advise!!!!
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