Oh it's at least 2 feet off the ground for sure. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 29, 2017, at 6:54 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The sill plate should be significantly (maybe 12+ inches) higher than the > outside grade. If so, I don't think wicking is an issue. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:33 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fixing floors >> >> So let me ask this. If water is standing in that low spot up against the >> foundation can water "wick" upward along the inside of the stem wall to > the >> flooring area? >> >> We also seem to have a water intrusion issue at the window of one of the >> bedrooms on the front of the house because as I was under the house the >> stem wall was wet under the area where that window is and the surrounding >> areas were dry. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would look at two things regarding the constructIon of the house as to > the >> moisture: >>> >>> 1.) The gutter in the corner is not configured properly. There should be > some >> sort of "splash guard" on the outside edge of the gutter to prevent water > from >> washing over the side. What's happening is that rain is collecting in the > roof >> valley from either side of the roof. As it collects and flows down the > valley, the >> velocity and volume increases, which ends up overwhelming the gutter and >> washing right over the side of it at that corner. The water then goes to > the >> ground in large amounts, even with a relatively small amount of rain. >>> >>> 2.) The ground is not graded away from the foundation at the corner. It > can't >> just be landscaping crap like mulch, you've got to go in there with soil > and fill >> the area enough to have a grade moving away from the foundation. Once >> you've got good compacted soil properly graded you can cover it with >> landscaping. >>> >>> I think we're looking at multiple problems that have come together to > cause >> the damage over time. If you don't fix the gutter and grading, you're > wasting >> your time fixing the damaged boards. >>> >>> And I would definitely replace everything with treated lumber. Sill > plates >> should be treated per code, I believe. The others would be for insurance. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
