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I have a fire restoration job that I've been asked to bid.
The fire started in the basement and burnt through to bedroom above. It was contained to only that area luckily.
I will have to replace 6 floor joists for sure, but I plan on replacing around 10-12 just to make sure.
There are 6 joists which are pretty well charred, one of them is burnt through. The floor sheathing above is burnt and falling apart so that will obviously be replaced.
The sill plate has about a 2' wide area which is pretty well charred and will have to be replaced.
After removing the burnt floor above, i will replace the floor joists one at a time. Temp. walls will be built under the existing walls of the bedroom above to help carry the load.
I was planning on replacing the floor joists, then accessing the girder from outside (under aluminum siding), cutting out about a 4' section, and splicing in a new section of 2x12.
Then, I will attach the new floor joists to the new section of sill plate using joist hangers.
Any other ideas as to how to go about this? Just wanted to see if anyone had a more efficient way to handle this
I'm meeting with the inspector tomorrow and hopefully will start work wednesday
The fire started in the basement and burnt through to bedroom above. It was contained to only that area luckily.
I will have to replace 6 floor joists for sure, but I plan on replacing around 10-12 just to make sure.
There are 6 joists which are pretty well charred, one of them is burnt through. The floor sheathing above is burnt and falling apart so that will obviously be replaced.
The sill plate has about a 2' wide area which is pretty well charred and will have to be replaced.
After removing the burnt floor above, i will replace the floor joists one at a time. Temp. walls will be built under the existing walls of the bedroom above to help carry the load.
I was planning on replacing the floor joists, then accessing the girder from outside (under aluminum siding), cutting out about a 4' section, and splicing in a new section of 2x12.
Then, I will attach the new floor joists to the new section of sill plate using joist hangers.
Any other ideas as to how to go about this? Just wanted to see if anyone had a more efficient way to handle this
I'm meeting with the inspector tomorrow and hopefully will start work wednesday