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Originally Posted by Charles_cz
I just finished bath remodeling and when I was re-doing plumbing in the crawlspace I noticed one post of way out of plumb. Joists are pushed to the left where the post is.
How far from a real trouble is this? 
Thanks for your input. Charles |
There is a decon box laying there, find the dead rat or it gonna stink.
Don;t forget to remove your scrap pipes from under there.
Suggest they use metal over the hole instead of duct tape unless the line on floor is to be re-used when they finish wraping the trunk lines with new insulation.
Back to the post.
That looks like a 4" post instead of a typical 3" lolly column used.
There is 2 pcs of rebar coming thru what I believe is a concrete floor?
So it seems there was an intended block pier meant for there as opposed to a screw up & rebar turn ups placed in wrong place.
For what ever the reason they used the 4" metal post.
I say this because there is a steel plate on top of the post & none on the bottom, (that can be seen, leading me to believe the post was installed on the footing prior the pour, if that is a concrete floor)
The slant does seem o be correct for the amount of twist in the double.
Please post back once discover the reason for this problem.
I think it will be 1 of 2 things, based on that pic alone.
1- being - the post was installed instead of block pier at time of construction. Non adjusting & no shims seen in pic. To be installed after the fact, I believe one or the other would have been needed. (with the only other possibility being that spot was jacked up then set down on the post, doubtful but is posible with some.
It looks like a poured foundation walls & instead of buying blocks, mortar & one to lay the blocks, or becaue of time when noticed one was needed, who ever h/o or builder, brought a steel post instead. (there needs to be other blocks or post under there, what ever the reason again this one was missed & added after the fact at the start time of framing).
The metal I believe was measured a bit long.
The house was built, once completed and all bearing points loaded down & settled, because the steel keeping a fixed ht, the dbl had no choice other than twist with time.
2nd being -
Again because of the 2 pcs of rebar shown as well as the additional dbls seen in the pic.
There should have been a carry beam at this location and to save time, it was omitted and ran joist straight thru the next carry beam. One inexperiencd looking at the plans decided to just put one post here, add some additional dbls to help carry the load and all would be good, save time put more money in their pockets & move on. Designers & archs always over build, we don't need that. Throw that post in there Bubba & roll on we have beer to get to!!
With the loads above you will see the cause of this problem now the H/O has.
Loads can appear to be equally distributed, when actually they are just transfered to a specific point and if not build per design one ends up with this flaw.
This could have been a single pier pressure point from loads 2 stories above, including the roof & the entire floor system not have been built per plans or the framing above could have been altered as this has been adding additional load weight here.
Either way it needs to be looked at by one qualified to offer repair process.
Send me a round trip ticket, not by bus, give me a few thous for WAM, I will draw you up plans for repair. And or give me a few guys & we will complete the work as well. No time for the finish work, give that to the locals to keep that money in the community.
Payment due upon completion.
Beer optional, but a must each night,
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