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  1. Jim Baird
    During the time when municipalities just piled their trash on the edge of town, and it would catch fire either spontaneously or on purpose, we as teens would drive to the dump at night and get out with 22 rifles, flashlights taped to barrels, and hunt for rats. Some of them would turn and charge you if you didn't take them with the first shot.
  2. Jim Baird
    ...if Marvin won't warranty the replacement install for EIFS I doubt they would recommend on it beyond a fare thee well.
  3. Jim Baird
    Mobile topography is likely very flat. 3 inches rain in a day is enough to drown the frogs. Soils do get saturated and water can move sideways in the soil. Our area has been getting a lot of the same storm systems. Gutters would help get roof runoff away, but there has to be enough grade on the lot to take it somewhere. Your crawlspace has likely been wet periodically for a long time.
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    That would never happen here, where the frost line is nominally 12" but is in fact zero. I thought those were the cute little truncated cement "booties" that were real popular here with deck scammers till only this year the state adopted deck design codes. Before, they were only by reference to a deck manual, sort of like the pirates' code, just "guidelines". Good call. I did not mention that, but I thought someone might point it out. The deck actually dropped very little at the house. It looks like the footings heaved out of the ground. Click to Enlarge 80.41 KB Click to Enlarge 77.16 KB
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    Looks like about four inches of fall back toward the house too. We might guess there has never been a crowd on it.
  6. Jim Baird
    I think the IBC wants four or six feet impervious in non-residential restrooms.
  7. Jim Baird
    ...just curious, did that remedy come from a designer or the contractor or an inspector?
  8. Jim Baird
    I once went round with an electrician who bundled his romex out of the box through a big piece of sked 40 in pursuit of neatness. I finally gave up and let him have his neat since in a typical dwelling most of the load is inactive most of the time anyway.
  9. Jim Baird
    ...are those the infamous split face kind?
  10. Jim Baird
    The ditch is cut into such short pieces the bulkhead tops make grade. Otherwise most around here shoot in some little grade stakes at intervals that are pulled up post-pour.
  11. Jim Baird
    These are typical step bulkheads just put in the wrong position. One tall one will take more plywood and turned down rebar.
  12. Jim Baird
    Stepped levels must bear minimum 8" on top of level below...so that bulkheads appear to "float" in the air. If they are tall enough that rebar turns down and joins that of the next level.
  13. Jim Baird
    Have buku, Chad, as many others here I am sure. A little division into categories might help us load you.
  14. Jim Baird
    "Larry the Cable Guy" was here.
  15. Jim Baird
    ...first pic looks like a poured wall. I see some swag in the siding. Is this a modular maybe?
  16. Jim Baird
    On the phone he seemed to get it. This is why we need inspectors. Click to Enlarge 97.01 KB Click to Enlarge 94.71 KB Click to Enlarge 92.51 KB
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    If you are treating the structure to remedy a fungus problem associated with moisture in the crawlspace air condensing on your floor structure, I would rely on the advice of the manufacturer. I once splashed through puddles of some such stuff that dripped onto the plastic VB. Nobody involved thought to notify me prior to my crawlspace dive. Are there not alternate ventilation remedies?
  18. Jim Baird
    ...looks like 3 different approaches to shimming, all short of passing. Second one looks like a stack of sugar cookies.
  19. Jim Baird
    ...what a stretch.
  20. Jim Baird
    ...Obviously added after-the-fact. The floor may have been sagging or bouncing and these arrangements stiffen it up.
  21. Jim Baird
    Love it. The first is walnut, the second marble?
  22. Jim Baird
    Luckily as an HI I don't do that kind of arithmetic. I have been on some really scary decks that were owner/uncle/buddy-built. One had hardiboard, thinset, and grouted ceramic tile piled high onto 5/4 pine on spindly 4X posts.
  23. Jim Baird
    Thanks for posting...
  24. Jim Baird
    That separate little crawlspace under the chimney column, especially in your area, is a termite highway. I have seen sloppy builders put blocks under their cantilevered faux chimneys as an afterthought, but all crawl areas should be accessible, especially for annual termite inspections.
  25. Jim Baird
    No. Does the chase column go all the way to the ground? I have seen some that are cantilevered. If it goes all the way to the ground it should be open to the rest of the crawl. Even so, firestops should be in place that would block visibility.
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