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Forums | Rehabilitation | Water Damage |
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sfm | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:48    Two story home. New. Never lived in. Upstairs bath water pipe broke and in excess of 7,000 gallons of water poured over upstairs bedroom and bath, through the floor and down into the kitchen and family room. The upstairs bedroom and bath floor is supported via floor truss. The floor will need replacement including the portion under the outside wall plate. Any ideas as to how to support the second story while sections of the sole plate are removed and replaced. We are currently considering the use of spread footings on the floor and ceiling with expansion tube jacks supporting the roof while work is in progress. This would be accomplished by removing ten foot sections of the outisde wall plate, inserting the new flooring panel and then a new plate. Any ideas? Comments very appreciated. |
dyoungkeit5 | Posted - 24 January 2000 22:56 I can't help you in your dilemma, but I can give recomendations so that it won't happen again to someone else. The use of Truss Framed Construction as described in U.S. patent #4,005,556 will not have that sheathing under the sole plate because there is none. This orphaned process provides a much more durable and lower cost home. Too bad the builders are doing it the way it's always been done. see: http://www.gemshellhouses.bigstep.com |