Finishing out a basement in Colorado where you have to build floating walls. The basement walls and foundation are 8"+ thick and have a vapor barrier.
The existing construction is new and didn't use pressure treated wood for the sill plate. They used D Fir. This lead me to believe that since the basement walls had an exterior vapor barrier that this must mean pressure treated wood wasn't required since the slab isnt in direct contact with the ground. I just assumed they used the more durable d fir to reduce splitting when driving in the anchors. Well I just figured I'd be careful when driving in the anchors and used regular white fir studs for the sill plate.
Well, I just happened to read in the building code that you can use redwood in place of PT wood and that I should have used one or the other.
Am I screwed? At least the walls are floating 2" above the sill and I could theoretically cut them out but shooting in the new anchors would be a bit of a problem with the wall right above the sill.
The existing construction is new and didn't use pressure treated wood for the sill plate. They used D Fir. This lead me to believe that since the basement walls had an exterior vapor barrier that this must mean pressure treated wood wasn't required since the slab isnt in direct contact with the ground. I just assumed they used the more durable d fir to reduce splitting when driving in the anchors. Well I just figured I'd be careful when driving in the anchors and used regular white fir studs for the sill plate.
Well, I just happened to read in the building code that you can use redwood in place of PT wood and that I should have used one or the other.
Am I screwed? At least the walls are floating 2" above the sill and I could theoretically cut them out but shooting in the new anchors would be a bit of a problem with the wall right above the sill.
