How bad is this? The outside of this area is just brick and stucco (I think). House was built in 1979. Is my house at risk of collapsing eventually? What are my options?
No pressure treated bottom plate, splitting floor joist, no joist hangers ching, ching show me the money.
Only way to pull and replace that plate is from the outside.
Guess they where counting on the weight of the house to keep it on the foundation.
Are those small black specks on the joist dirt or tiny holes?
Small holes means you also have Powder Post Beetles.
this is something to be pointed out and this is in no reflection on the OP. This is why a building permit and inspections are so important. those that built this home are long gone. the OP has no one to go back on. the OP is going to be out a lot of money to fix this. All because some one shaved a few corners off. Doing things like this makes me :furious:! All it does is hurt people wither it be physical, Economically, and emotionally.
There's more issues here than a lack of a treated sill plate. From what i can tell, the brick ledge was never dropped, so the grade was naturally brought up to the bottom of brick, and also the start of the wood. This creates a mirriad of issues when it comes to flashing, etc......
Will insurance cover fixing this? What if I can't afford to have it fixed? Can't it be reinforced by sistering a bunch of 2x10's. Is there such a thing as PT 2x10?
One thing you maybe able to do on your own is to regrade the lawn. Get the dirt off the side of the house where it is coming into contact with the rim joist and slow/stop the rotting.
No, not likely will your insurance cover this . Insurance is for sudden and catastrophic events not slow degradation. In fact a lot if, if not all exclude damage by rot, pests etc.
Not sure if you guys are misunderstanding, but the dirt isn't touching the rim joist. There looks to be some kind of stucco below the brick (where the rim joist is). Or are you guys assuming moisture is making its way through the stucco?
The stucco you're referring to is probably parging on the foundation wall, no?
The rim joist is below the brick?
Are you sure the first course of bricks and the joists are not both sitting on the same plane? I can't see how the joists could be below the bricks.
If they are both sitting on top of the foundation wall, there should be a flashing coming down the rim joist and bending outwards under the bricks. There should also be weep holes between the bricks on the bottom course.
This is my situation. A rotted sill plate, joist and rim joist. This all rests on a cmu wall. Question is can I scut blocking the size of the back of this box and sandwich it to the rim joist in lieu of tearing the band joist off from outside? Naturally I will be replacing the sill and floor joists first.
Mfite777,
Restart your own post; too confusing to have two different issues being discussed in same thread.
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