pt wood framing exposed to slab/ground
I am in the middle of a rehabing an addition and noticed when taking off the exterior siding that the framing was in direct contact with the ground(slab sloped towards the house of course).
I cut a hole in the subflooring to get a look from the inside and after some digging found 2x PT framing attatched to a 4×4 PT post which is set in a footing starting at about 1 1/2′ below ground level. (No idea how deep or wide the footing is.)
The floor framing at the exterior contacts the slab walkway and dirt on about 2-4″ of their surface.
The house is in Philly so things can be quite moist. I’m wondering what should be done here at the exterior to make it a bit more kosher.
I have some pictures from the hole I dug to give an idea of what it looks like from the inside.
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Yikes! Jack it up and replace the sills. You can dig new footings and replace the posts too. Who is paying for this?
You could abandon the current foundation altogether, and run some beams widwise with their own footings. That will require tearing up the floor completely. It all depends on whose paying, and how much they want to spend. How big is the addition?
Edited 8/28/2008 9:25 pm ET by arcflash
Edited 8/28/2008 9:26 pm ET by arcflash
The client is paying. That part is clear. The problem is that the client doesn't have a ton of money.
The room is 16x10 with a second story that's 9x10(happens to be the houses only bathroom).
I told them I thought the ideal would be jacking it up and redoing the "foundation" and they understood but the jist was that there's no way they could afford to get that done.
There is no inexpensive way to do it. Material shouldn't cost much, especially if you try to limit floor demolition for access, but I can't think of anyone who would do a job like that on the cheap.
Unless you are donating time, if they aren't paying, don't do it. Give them a business card and tell them that you are ready when they are, and finish the rest of the job.