Hi,
I have a load bearing wall that has a rotted sill plate... a temporary support has been placed under the floor (in a crawl space) to support the first floor as there were a few floating joists due to the bad sill plate. The room has another on top of it (so two stories). The run is about 20 ft with a french door in the middle of the wall...
The idea I have is to remove the interior wall and cut down through the rim joist and sill plate to the concrete block foundation and install several lolly columns for support along the run. Once in place, then remove and replace the sill plate,rim joist and studs in sections such that there are several new "wall partitions" (leave the lolly columns in place.insulate then finish off with new sheet rock.
The key would be the lolly columns to support the load bearing wall while
redoing it....then just leave them in the wall.
Opionions appreciated...
THANKS!
I have a load bearing wall that has a rotted sill plate... a temporary support has been placed under the floor (in a crawl space) to support the first floor as there were a few floating joists due to the bad sill plate. The room has another on top of it (so two stories). The run is about 20 ft with a french door in the middle of the wall...
The idea I have is to remove the interior wall and cut down through the rim joist and sill plate to the concrete block foundation and install several lolly columns for support along the run. Once in place, then remove and replace the sill plate,rim joist and studs in sections such that there are several new "wall partitions" (leave the lolly columns in place.insulate then finish off with new sheet rock.
The key would be the lolly columns to support the load bearing wall while
redoing it....then just leave them in the wall.
Opionions appreciated...
THANKS!