I looked at some work on a house that has some termite damage. There was some water under the house and with my first look, I saw an area 8'x8' that had some joist and subfloor damage. I quoted making the repairs @ $(A), sent in my bid and the realator called and said out other bid was $(Z) ...not $(B). She asked if my bid included the whole house and the other damage...I said no, so she sent me a Insect inspection report. Its called a CL100 here and it is required that these inspections pass when your are buying a home... You cant finance any money on a house without it.
So I went back today with the report and found lots of evidence of their existance, Many block pilars with tunnels and the damage is from the bottom up. In order to fix every sq. inch of touched arae, you would have to gut the kitch floor, remove several divider walls, bath floor, closet floor, divider wall, w/d dryer floor... who know what the int wall studs will look like...I would have a disclaimer for anything unseen but...
Do you make a judgement call on what to remove, or do you remove all wood that is affected at all costs, hope to speak to the bug man that made the report before I make any decisions, but I feel like asking you guys if you have had experience with this, and did you strip the house down, or ,fix what was obviously severly weak and damaged? Its probably a 1500 sq ft rach on a crawl space. The report says that sills, joists, and subfloor is damaged throughout, They have definetly gotten around, but Iis not your worst nightmare, unless you tried to fix every sq. inch. Might as well push it over, in my opinion.
So I went back today with the report and found lots of evidence of their existance, Many block pilars with tunnels and the damage is from the bottom up. In order to fix every sq. inch of touched arae, you would have to gut the kitch floor, remove several divider walls, bath floor, closet floor, divider wall, w/d dryer floor... who know what the int wall studs will look like...I would have a disclaimer for anything unseen but...
Do you make a judgement call on what to remove, or do you remove all wood that is affected at all costs, hope to speak to the bug man that made the report before I make any decisions, but I feel like asking you guys if you have had experience with this, and did you strip the house down, or ,fix what was obviously severly weak and damaged? Its probably a 1500 sq ft rach on a crawl space. The report says that sills, joists, and subfloor is damaged throughout, They have definetly gotten around, but Iis not your worst nightmare, unless you tried to fix every sq. inch. Might as well push it over, in my opinion.