Here are some pics from the remodel adventure that we are on. We had a sinking area in the floor near the fireplace. We knew that something was not right underneath that was causing the sinking. So we went down to the crawl space to explore. Very quickly we realized we were in over our head. We called in someone who would likely show us what we needed to do. He said that almost all or all of the joists would need to be replaced. He recommended that we tear up the subfloor to get to the joists instead of going at them from below (about a three foot of space in the crawl space). So yesterday we set out to demo the floors. Below are some pictures of what our living room looks like right now.
The first picture is the floor when we started to demo today. The right half was done yesterday. You can see how it was pieced together. Several of the pieces began to crumble away as Justin continued to work his way across the floor.
You can see how the parts of each joists are broken off or cracked.
As Justin got closer and closer to the front door we could see that a recent patch job was very shotty to say the least.
This is a picture of six pieces of 2x4's nailed together hoping to provide enough support. However, without the sub floor onto of it, once it was removed it was worth nothing. Very shaky.
This is the span of the room. Twelve floor joist and all of them are very compromised and in terrible shape. We will replace all of them tomorrow.
This is a picture of the first floor joist that was causing the problems that caused us to start this adventure. Crazy thing is. Many of the other joists were in worse shape. I am not sure how the floor above it was staying up.
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