10212 MERIDIAN AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

At the point where the floor joists come into contact with the sill plates, many of the floor joists were extensively damaged. Approximatel}• 258 of all floor joists were damaged and repaired by the contractor. Much of the repair of the repair of the joists was satisfactory. Joists of similar length were nailed to the damaged member. The new joists have full contact with the outer sill plate and the floor girder. Unfortunately, there are quite a few joists that were not correctly repaired. Instead of using long pieces which could contact both the sill pla•r.e and the girders in the center of the home, the contractor use�i onl}� short pieces, overlapping the weak joist partially. � Over a period of time the floor will droo as was � p proLably the case eefore the home was repaired. •• The repair of the home seems semi=adequate, aside from the remaining poolinq of water. It is doubtful that the contractor had a building permit. The patio blocks supporting the ends of. y � the two floor girders are very deficient. The posts are not strapped � � to the floor girdeYs. The inapector would not have accepted the � short sistering of some floor joists. � There is also some damage to the sub-flooring. � Upstairs, since the completion of the repairs, numerous � z cracks have begun to appear. Above most doorways and in many �.Z]' N H corners of the rooma cracks or bulges have bequn to form. in � y the bathroom at the noz•th side of the home directly above the � � short irders and the � 9 patio block piers, the door jam is distorted N and one end of the jam is puahed up approximately 1/2 inch. A N . bulge in the floor is also very noticable. in the northwest bedroom, � � directly above the second shortened girder and patio block, the ti � hinge side of the jam is pushed up and the door will not close � correctly, rubbing the top of the jam. � Of a more serious nature are cracks in the fire box and on the mantle of the fire place. Above the fire box a crack � weavea it's way up the face of the mantle, through the mortar � between the rockery. i., the fire box, at the back, beginning M in the second row of bricks, ie a crack which travels straight � up -through the bricka and mortar to the top of the box. The crack is very noticable and has split many of the fire bricks. Examininq the cracks in and on the fireplace,. it is very difficult to determine if the crack in the fire box was caused by the floor reinforcement. The metal log grating in the fire piace has drooped and one section �of the grating has drooped 4 inches and now contacte the floor of the fire box. I am certain that the mantle was cracked as a result of the renovation, for the mantle and rockery are built through a hole in the house framing and contact the wall studs. Any shifting of the house will cause the mantle to crack.