Dylan ELliott
Registered User
Hello everyone,
So my buddy just bought a house in Oakwood, GA. He knew he was going to have to do some remodeling when he first looked at the house...none the less we are in the middle of it. The house is a 2 br 1 bath room house on a cinder block basement. The house has an addition that has been built for 10 plus years and is begining to settle. Pretty much when you walk into the wash room in the back of the house, the door way that you walk into the room through is sitting on top of this cinder block basement, and the wall that is opposite from you when you enter is not. It is on cinder blocks as well, but is not part of the original structure. Well that new wall is about an inch and a half lower than the original cider blocks. Upon inspection of this problem we discovered that there was not a plate under this exterior wall that is sitting on top of the bare cinder blocks. Now, my question to you is this.....are there any special codes for screws or size board or brackets, etc. that I need to know about before I jack this wall up and but my new band in......Home is in Oakwood, Georiga 30566. Thank you for your time and input would be greatly appreciated.
So my buddy just bought a house in Oakwood, GA. He knew he was going to have to do some remodeling when he first looked at the house...none the less we are in the middle of it. The house is a 2 br 1 bath room house on a cinder block basement. The house has an addition that has been built for 10 plus years and is begining to settle. Pretty much when you walk into the wash room in the back of the house, the door way that you walk into the room through is sitting on top of this cinder block basement, and the wall that is opposite from you when you enter is not. It is on cinder blocks as well, but is not part of the original structure. Well that new wall is about an inch and a half lower than the original cider blocks. Upon inspection of this problem we discovered that there was not a plate under this exterior wall that is sitting on top of the bare cinder blocks. Now, my question to you is this.....are there any special codes for screws or size board or brackets, etc. that I need to know about before I jack this wall up and but my new band in......Home is in Oakwood, Georiga 30566. Thank you for your time and input would be greatly appreciated.