vintim
05-26-2011, 10:30 PM
Hello
I have a sinking area of a floor supported by joist that were cut and not repaired very well. The problem area was covered in the basement with sheet metal covering the joist. Once I cut the metal away the attached pictures shows what I found.
One burned joist had a new piece of wood attached to the side with one lag bolt that is bending and a few nails.
The other cut joist did not have another piece of wood attached, but did have one end to end that did not reach, a small piece of wood along with a perpendicular 2 x 10 separates the two joist ends (in joist1). The perpendicular 2x10 is attached to the new piece of wood on the one end and the other side under the metal in the picture is attached to a third joist that had fire damage too and is no longer a full 2 x10 on the last 4 feet to the basement wall.
Another problem are the pipes below the damage area, will make added more wood hard.
My questions are:
Should the fire damage wood be taken out?
Should I add a 4x4 post to support that damage area leaving the fire damage wood?
How best to repair the joist?
Thank you for your r time
vintim
I have a sinking area of a floor supported by joist that were cut and not repaired very well. The problem area was covered in the basement with sheet metal covering the joist. Once I cut the metal away the attached pictures shows what I found.
One burned joist had a new piece of wood attached to the side with one lag bolt that is bending and a few nails.
The other cut joist did not have another piece of wood attached, but did have one end to end that did not reach, a small piece of wood along with a perpendicular 2 x 10 separates the two joist ends (in joist1). The perpendicular 2x10 is attached to the new piece of wood on the one end and the other side under the metal in the picture is attached to a third joist that had fire damage too and is no longer a full 2 x10 on the last 4 feet to the basement wall.
Another problem are the pipes below the damage area, will make added more wood hard.
My questions are:
Should the fire damage wood be taken out?
Should I add a 4x4 post to support that damage area leaving the fire damage wood?
How best to repair the joist?
Thank you for your r time
vintim