Yes good advice. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 8, 2020, at 1:08 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
