While you’ve got the floor up just sister the joists where they’re soft and call it done.
-D > On Aug 8, 2020, at 12:55 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > So after the renters moved out I’m getting the house ready for the next > renters that are supposed to move in on the 15th. Lots of damage from dogs. > Will never allow pets again. They destroyed the new carpet we just put in > before they moved in. Of bigger concern was an area of cracked tile in the > utility room. Discovered floor was soft. Pulled it out and an area of about 2 > feet by 1.5 feet or the area between to floor joists was rotted out. This is > strange because there are no water sources in the area. After cutting out the > bad section got under the house to discover more rot. It extends further > toward and under an adjoining wall and closet. The copper lines from from > outside the house to the ac unit then right up thru the floor/wall in this > area to the attic. No insulation is on the pipes. Area is very moist and the > crap particle board they used for sub flooring just soaked up the moisture. > Shouldn’t these be insulated all the way to the unit? I’m thinking maybe the > pipe sweating over the years has rotten this out. The floor joists can > probably still be used but do have some soft spots starting at the bottoms. > I’m going to have to figure out why this area is getting wet then decide if I > can even fix it. About all I could do is replace the area of the floor that > gets traffic but it would still be rotted out under that wall and into the > closet. Fortunately the closed has a floor built up off the main floor as it > is a pantry. The idiots who built the house have the ac drain pipe running > down this walk in question and drains into a sewer pipe under the closet > area. Drain pipe comes out of the wall across the subfloor of the closet then > down to the sewer pipe. That is why the 2nd floor is built up from the main > sub floor to allow the pipe to pass. Why they didn’t just run it straight > down to the crawl space then outside I have no clue. I’m sick of messing with > this house and about ready to just dump it for whatever I can get or let the > bank have it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > 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
