Gee, can anyone see why this floor was sunk down?

[Squisher]

I think I'll be running all three joists out to the far one with hangers after I sister them in about four feet , not six inches. I've been wondering why the floor was sunk down and spongy.

 

[rasczak]

ouch. looks like your weekend is toast.

 

[Pantlegz]

nope

 

[ISAslot]

just hack that duct out of the way and set some milk crates under it and be done with it.

 

[PottedMeat]

lol
are the rest on the left like that?

<mike holmes> i suggest we rip out all the flooring, who knows what else is messed up. oh the drywall, electrical, hvac, and plumbing too.

 

[brblx]

soooo...that's a repair, i'd assume? there's no way anyone would've put in original floor joists like that, right?

 

[Drako]

Wow, who the hell built that?

 

[rivan]

Wow, who the hell built that?

Whoever it was didn't use enough Liquid Nails!

 

[SunnyD]

I see absolute nothing wrong with that at all! (Assuming you want your house to collapse around you)

 

[Squisher]

Wow, who the hell built that?

Someone with two small pieces of 2X6, one small piece 2X8, and not much else.

 

[BoomerD]

just hack that duct out of the way and set some milk crates under it and be done with it.

Nah, milk crates aren't strong enough. Jack the existing joist up with a hydraulic jack and use a couple of cinder blocks instead. THAT should take care of the problem...

 

[BoberFett]

I'm gonna guess this house was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s?

 

[SunnyD]

I'm gonna guess this house was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s?

Probably why it's still standing, ironically enough.

 

[ViviTheMage]

haha, they must have ran out of long peices of wood...haha.

That is some great looking wood though....I love old houses.

 

[Sluggo]

Is this the quality and craftsmanship of older homes that we are always hearing about? :hmm:

 

[Pantlegz]

Is this the quality and craftsmanship of older homes that we are always hearing about? :hmm:

that it is. I always laugh when I'm in a house my grandfather built, they've been around for years but damn some of the shit they did back then was ghetto as hell. It's always fun to work on too....

 

[Squisher]

The house was built in 1945. The original house is well built, however some work done later was pretty slip shod and some was down right ghetto dangerous. This is from an investment property I bought last fall. My son is living in it and the both of us have been fixing it up.

 

[BoberFett]

Ah, a little newer than I figured. Still, houses back then were sometimes built with whatever happened to be around. Don't have a long enough board? Nail two boards together!

 

[Jzero]

Wow, who the hell built that?