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Posted by dadiOH on April 23, 2008, 2:07 pm
rajmadanny@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks John, for your help... a few questions below:
>
>
>> If "significant" wood has been eaten away your sill plate isn't
>> really spreading the load but only acting as a cushion between the
>> joist and the concrete.
>
> Would you happen to have a magic number on the percentage of wood
> damaged? 10%, 20%?
>
>
>
>> Frankly, the odds are good that the termites have gotten into the
>> joists either through the sill plates or via the "end plates."
>
> What do you classify as an "end plate"?
>
>>
>> Do the "philips screwdriver" test and do some hard probing of the
>> sill and the joists. You may well find that what looks like sound
>> wood is actually hollow.
>
> I did the screwdriver test... existing wood is good... as you said,
> I'll need to figure out the load, and if "patching" can help with the
> load.
>
> Thanks again,
> Raj
Do yourself a favor - spend a few bucks for a structural engineer to come
look at it.
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dadiOH
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