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beam replacementFrom: cscameron@iwon.com
Category: Foundations and Basements
Remote Name: 172.150.87.253
Date: 04 Apr 2004
Time: 09:51 PM
CommentsI have an addition at the back of my home that has a rotting beam beneath it. Only one half of the addition is finished -- it's a kitchen, and the other half is a flat roof like a deck or balcony except that the entire space is enclosed. It looks like it may have been a garage for a motorcycle or something small. The problem is that this part has a flat roof that pools water in rainy weather and the water runs back into the seam where the roof meets the rest of the addition.
I hope I'm explaining this clearly--the addition comes out the back of the home (east) and is the same width as the rest of the home (26') I think. But the kitchen itself is only 15' wide (north side of addition) and the rest of the addition is 11' (south side) and is nothing but a flat roof covered in asphalt roofing material and serves as sort of a porch for the kitchen. In wet weather water pools up and seeps in to the seam between north and south sides of addition and is rotting joists and beam beneath kitchen.
There is some sagging and the beam is rotted quite severely. I'm no great carpenter, but I don't have an endless wallet either and the home needs foundation work in front and a paint job so I'll be waving goodbye to a few dollars already. (I'd paint it myself, but I'm deathly afraid of heights) If I can do it or enough of it myself to hold up for a while then I will. I know I'll need to jack it up some, but I don't think it's sagging too severely yet-- not more than an inch or two.
Any suggestions would be most helpful.
Thanks, Chris
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