10212 MERIDIAN AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

! INSPECTION REPORT ' It is apparent that over the years large pools c�f water have formed below the home in. the crawl space. Compounding this prc+blem, until recently there were few foundation vents. Consequently, much of the underside of the house was in advanced stages of decay. � Very recently there hae been eome major reinforcing of the entire H flooring support. The � .�tion included all of the wooden posts, � all sills, 258 of the floor joists, si9tering of the floor girders and the addition of numeroue crawl apace vents. The contractor also laid a plastic sheeting on the dirt floor of the crawl space y M in an attempt to limit moiature from the ground. �, H� Unfortunately, the pools of water were numerous and � t�i were deep enough to emerse much of .the plastic sheeting along � the crawl space. Hence there is still a moi.sture problem. The � renovation of the flooring appears to be semi-satisfactory. The H � z contractor appeara to have doae a very extensive job but serious � .. problems still e�[iat. � � Of a more immediate concern, the water is so deep in � � some areas of the crawl space that many of the wood posts support- � ing Y.he floor girders are emerse� in water, some as deep as three y , or £our inches. The posta are pzessure treated and are somewhat � moisture resistant but they will not resist decay if constantly � emersed in water. There are two floor girders, or main floor beams. They � extend north/south through the flooring and support the floor joists. During the renovation, the contractor sistered the girders y� in places with 2" x 12"s. At the north end of the gi.rders, the n girders at one time were inserte.9 into concrete notches in the � north foundation wall. I suspect that the ends of the girders � were seriously decayed and the cont�actor. cut off the last foot ' of these supports. To support the ends of the girders the contractor used underaized concrete piers. The piers are about a foot square. The contractor utilized asphalt shir.gles and cedar wedges to shim up the girders. Preseht codea specify foundation piers to be poured in place and be about 24" x 29" . Around the perimeter of the home, at the top of the foundation walle end supportinq the floor joists , are the eill plates. All of the aill plates were replaced by the contractor. Examining the dehris around the foundation walls, it is very apparent that all of the sill plates and many of the floor joists were in an extreme advanced stage of decay. Much of the wood material crumbled to powder when squeezed.