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Home inspection revealed one of the main floor joist sitting half off it's foundation. Since floor joists don't move, how bad was the eyesight of the guys who built the house 30 years ago? WTF, over?
Anyways, I got under there with a bottle jack and took some pressure off the blocks, which wasn't necessary since all the weight is being supported by the brick skirt. I just tapped the top concrete block over with a small hammer. When I took the bottle jack out, that block was still loose loose and isn't supporting any weight. From what you can see in the picture, there's one more concrete block in the ground... 1 small block on top, and 3 big blocks. The 3 big ones are cemented together as a unit.
I don't think it's a big deal, and we're not gonna pay for it... but it's one of the things in the report and I need to get a quote. So... you contractor types... how much is it gonna cost me to get a dude under the house to slide that footing over 6"?
Odd to have a floor joist that lays on it's side like that. I wonder if the inspector is confused? Is it actually used as a carrying beam for the floor joists? Do they meet on top of it?
Odd to have a floor joist that lays on it's side like that. I wonder if the inspector is confused? Is it actually used as a carrying beam for the floor joists? Do they meet on top of it?
You're right... I have my terms mixed up. That is a 6x12 carrying beam... the floor joists lay across the top of that and are 2x8's I think... maybe 2x10's... it's a pretty normal house.
If the footing underneath the blocks isn't over enough, pull them out and just make a frame out of 1X6 board, level it out and pour some sacrete. Probably a couple bags or 3. Once it cures a day or so go to Lowes and get one of these;
Put a block under it to get most of the height back and then screw it up to meet the beam. Easy stuff and you should be able to do it in a short afternoon for less than $50 including the jack.
The blocks will never fit back under tight anyway.
If the blocks hadn't been there I doubt the inspector would've noticed. Framers back then would've used the brick sill as "support enough".
07-01-2017, 03:30 PM
Crawlspace... how much is this gonna cost me?
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