Floor Joist No Sill Plate

It was 2x10 joists but no mudsill just sill seal.

Floor joist no sill plate.

If you have noticed that all of the floors in your home are sloping towards the center of the house this indicates there s something wrong with the main. The floor joists and rim joists rest directly on the block wall. As i started to shopvac the cavities last night i noticed that there is no sill plate. I was inspecting a 30 year old home the other day and noticed in the crawl that there were no sill plates on top of the concrete block foundation.

We worked for a builder about ten years ago that did something similar. The floor supports did not look pressure treated but maybe the way they used to do things made this ok or the type of lumber that was used was more resistant to rot. The sill plate you use to replace the old plate should be made of pressure treated wood. A sill plate or mudsill is the bottom horizontal member of a floor system to which vertical members floor joists are attached sill plates are usually composed of lumber in sizes of 2 4 2 6 2 8 and 2 10.

Secure the new rim joist with 16p nails. How to open a garage door with a broken spring. Said job leads to the following all caps admonition. I don t see any evidence of rot on the joists.

There is no vapor barrier or covering of any type over the top of the block wall. Sill plate repair replacement. You don t need to use galvanized nails here. Please for the love of god do not pour a concrete patio above the level of your foundation.

After the house was framed we would go in the basement and nail 2x4 s up on the bottom of the joists tight against the inside of the foundation. I had never seen this before but it appeared to be causing no issues. Guess they never heard of uplift. The main beam itself is held up by large support columns installed every few feet.

You can remove the rotted wood and cut new sections to replace the old one.