Ground level concrete slab with no concrete wall what should I do?
My house was built and many additions over the years that previous owners we are going to be residing the house soon and we found out that the living room that is a slightly lower than the rest of the house by one step is on a concrete pad with no concrete above ground level for the walls. With a little investigation I found there was cedar as the first layer of the wall structure touching the concrete at ground level so at least that 2x4 is not rotted away. There's a small addition on the detached garage I was built exactly the same as the living room where it is wall on a concrete slab and that is what started my investigation was because I was fixing a piece that was rotted on the very bottom and found the board inside was rotted on top of the cedar board. My wife is in full panic mode and is looking really hard at that box of matches..... I just need some ideas on what I can do to the bottom I know the siding does not supposed to go all the way down the second picture shows a different part of the house where you can see the concrete wall section and we always thought it was weird that the previous owner had gone all the way down for this section and couldn't figure out why. We do have a professional team coming decide the house itself next month but want to make sure that I fix as many issues as I can before they start as I don't want them slapping siding on something that is messed up underneath. submitted by /u/FacePalmDent [link] [comments]
| | My house was built and many additions over the years that previous owners we are going to be residing the house soon and we found out that the living room that is a slightly lower than the rest of the house by one step is on a concrete pad with no concrete above ground level for the walls. With a little investigation I found there was cedar as the first layer of the wall structure touching the concrete at ground level so at least that 2x4 is not rotted away. There's a small addition on the detached garage I was built exactly the same as the living room where it is wall on a concrete slab and that is what started my investigation was because I was fixing a piece that was rotted on the very bottom and found the board inside was rotted on top of the cedar board. My wife is in full panic mode and is looking really hard at that box of matches..... I just need some ideas on what I can do to the bottom I know the siding does not supposed to go all the way down the second picture shows a different part of the house where you can see the concrete wall section and we always thought it was weird that the previous owner had gone all the way down for this section and couldn't figure out why. We do have a professional team coming decide the house itself next month but want to make sure that I fix as many issues as I can before they start as I don't want them slapping siding on something that is messed up underneath. [link] [comments] |
