I recently purchased a house that is newish (build on 2008). The previous homeowner finished the basement and it looked good on the outside but I later found out that they used non pressure treated lumber for the sill plate on a new wall.
The basement has been dry (no stated or obvious signs of water). The walls are finished. Is there any way to "slip" a stainless steel shim under the existing sill plate? Would this help? Any other ideas short of removing and rebuilding the wall? A buddy who is a home inspector realized the mistake and felt that it needed to be fixed.
I would just keep an eye on the thing. If it was installed correctly on a mostly level foundation and bolted down at each end and every six feet along the way AND has a wall sitting on it you are not sliding anything under it. Ron
Thank you ront02769 for your response. Will the house pass inspection? What if I have to sell it going forward? Just curious about future implications/problems if it doesn't get fixed.
Thanks again!
There are always implications. You just bought it, did it pass when you had it inspected? Have dealt with some home inspectors and finding a single non PT sill plate is very unlikely.
Just forget about it. And if you want to sell and the buyer says they won't take it with that sill plate, then just negotiate a cost to fix at that time. No reflection on your home inspector friend, but you are worrying unnecessarily. Ron
Just a FYI some people use western redwood cedar as a sill plate others use Black walnut. Others use Doug fir or larch. just as long as it stays dry not a problem. also they could have used a sill gasket and that will be fine too. as said before your worrying about nothing.
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