not so pros

[Genius]

@huskihl and any other builders


Is the bottom board that sits on top of a foundation of a building supposed to be treated?

 

[echoshawn]

@huskihl and any other builders


Is the bottom board that sits on top of a foundation of a building supposed to be treated?

Around here, yes.
I'm sure codes vary state to state.
Always used treated lumber against foundations in any of the houses I've built

 

[Genius]

7 years after I had a contractor do a addition to my house, I am finding a bunch of *f-worded up chit..........



I need a cold beer to prevent me from taking a little ride.....

 

[Genius]

Around here, yes.
I'm sure codes vary state to state.
Always used treated lumber against foundations in any of the houses I've built

Lovely

 

[echoshawn]

Here you go Ross

 

[exSW]

@huskihl and any other builders


Is the bottom board that sits on top of a foundation of a building supposed to be treated?

Yeah,with the blue foam stuff tacked to the underside.

 

[Genius]

Around here, yes.
I'm sure codes vary state to state.
Always used treated lumber against foundations in any of the houses I've built

Lovely

 

[echoshawn]

Yeah,with the blue foam stuff tacked to the underside.

Yeah, forgot about the seal.. Oops

 

[Magnumitis]

Absolutely, yes

Hooray 044!!!

 

[Genius]

Here you go Ross

 

[P.M.P.]

Sucks about your sill plate seems like somebody doing something like that shoud expect to get his AZZ BEAT.

 

[huskihl]

@huskihl and any other builders


Is the bottom board that sits on top of a foundation of a building supposed to be treated?

Either treated or white wood with sill sealer. Most use treated with sill sealer

Edit* lemme clarify what I wrote. Treated w/o sill sealer is code. White with sealer is code. Most use treated with sealer. Yours is rotting from water coming off that valley and splashing up. I'm not a fan of gutters, but you could use one there

 

[Genius]

Sucks about your sill plate seems like somebody doing something like that shoud expect to get his AZZ BEAT.

Oh..... This aint the first thing I've found.......


I noticed my siding was getting pushed out a little, the siding didn't give..... I pulled a piece out and noticed the OSB was expanding...

After ripping a section of siding off and following the rotted OSB up to the roof line I noticed that he flashed the roof in a way that water ran right behind the siding... After ripping OSB out I found the sill plate was rotted......


FML


Of course this is on the back side of my house. I am in the process of putting a deck on, so I never noticed the siding was pushed out a little bit until this evening. I am glad I didn't let this go on for another year or two....

 

[huskihl]

Oh..... This aint the first thing I've found.......


I noticed my siding was getting pushed out a little, the siding didn't give..... I pulled a piece out and noticed the OSB was expanding...

After ripping a section of siding off and following the rotted OSB up to the roof line I noticed that he flashed the roof in a way that water ran right behind the siding... After ripping OSB out I found the sill plate was rotted......


FML


Of course this is on the back side of my house. I am in the process of putting a deck on, so I never noticed the siding was pushed out a little bit until this evening. I am glad I didn't let this go on for another year or two....

The way he did the roof sounds like bs, obviously. It's the fault of your rotted wall it looks like. But the bottom of the siding needs to come off where the deck is and get *b-worded 6" above the deck and down onto the block. That way your whole subfloor won't look like that bad spot. Get the roof fixed first so it doesn't rot your new osb.

 

[Genius]

The way he did the roof sounds like bs, obviously. It's the fault of your rotted wall it looks like. But the bottom of the siding needs to come off where the deck is and get *b-worded 6" above the deck and down onto the block. That way your whole subfloor won't look like that bad spot. Get the roof fixed first so it doesn't rot your new osb.

Yea, the deck project just came to a halt this evening when I found this.....


One saving grace. The roof line that wasn't flashed properly was only a 9x5 roof. It just so happened that the roofers that re-roofed our house last spring overlooked this small piece of roof.
So I am able to do what needs to be done to get it properly flashed and finished off.

This piece in question was the transition from the original house that was built in the early 1900's onto the addition we put on in 09.

 

[huskihl]

Yea, the deck project just came to a halt this evening when I found this.....


One saving grace. The roof line that wasn't flashed properly was only a 9x5 roof. It just so happened that the roofers that re-roofed our house last spring overlooked this small piece of roof.
So I am able to do what needs to be done to get it properly flashed and finished off.

This piece in question was the transition from the original house that was built in the early 1900's onto the addition we put on in 09.

I can't see the roof lines, obviously, but wherever something needs flashing I try to put grace ice and water shield behind it. And step flashing under and over every shingle. Water doesn't care about gravity when there's a 6" ice dam right below it

 

[R2D]

Good morning

 

[czar800]

Good morning, I lucked out today! I'm normally the guy fixing the water leaks. Today I get to sit in The truck and turn cars around!
I never get to do that! Only downside is giving the same people directions three times.

 

[exSW]

Oh the irony

 

[czar800]

That must be the gravy train I'm riding today!