Dry rot Sill, replacing

[Queen K]

https://extremehowto.com/replace-a-rotten-sill-plate/

This has become my cross to bear this year.

A rotten out sill.

The sheath of the outbuilding is holding up.

The trees I cut down? Their roots grew right into the wooden sill of the back building. The more I dig out huge roots, the more damage I find. It's not a repair job and hasn't been for a long time.

Therefore, I need a referral for who is the best to do a foundation repair? OR demolition of an old building that had its day.

If I repair the foundation however, my dream of making that building into sometihing like a Summer bedroom might come true.

[Queen K]

I'm looking for a company with all the insurances.

Damn dry rot.

[dirtybiker]

PM sent.

[Bsuds]

PM sent.

? Trudeau can't fix it!

[Queen K]

PM sent.

? Trudeau can't fix it!

NO, we can not bury the PM in the foundation.

[GordonH]

https://extremehowto.com/replace-a-rotten-sill-plate/

This has become my cross to bear this year.

A rotten out sill.

The sheath of the outbuilding is holding up.

The trees I cut down? Their roots grew right into the wooden sill of the back building. The more I dig out huge roots, the more damage I find. It's not a repair job and hasn't been for a long time.

Therefore, I need a referral for who is the best to do a foundation repair? OR demolition of an old building that had its day.

If I repair the foundation however, my dream of making that building into sometihing like a Summer bedroom might come true.

Once you have that dry rot repaired, could you send your repair person to Victoria to fix the dry rot within the government.

[alanjh595]

NO, we can not bury the PM in the foundation.

I don't think that we have enough concrete in Canada......

[Nailbender]

Unlike DIY reno shows on TV, old buildings can be an expensive challenge to return to use. Sometimes it is better to tear down and start over. Is the rest of the building up to code?

[Queen K]

Good question Nailbender, I will be consulting on the viability of bringing it up to code instead of disposing of it. Disposal fees for a building costs more than the tear down is worth. Bringing it up to code however ensures it stays on the original property line as grandfathered in, instead of bringing a new building five feet in. It's a large building, not a small shed. That may work in my favour to turn it into a Spring/Summer/Fall bedroom and if I add electric heat, Winter.

[OldIslander]

Re the highly popular PBS TV show, 'This Old House'... I'll bet the name used by most people across North America for the ancient, run-down, sagging, rotting, dwellings they are trying to fix up, is... "This G*d Da*med Old House'

[Queen K]

Ya, but you can't beat the styling compared to the ugly "modernist" lines of todays monsters. I see what had gone up lately and want to barf.

[Bsuds]

Ya, but you can't beat the styling compared to the ugly "modernist" lines of todays monsters. I see what had gone up lately and want to barf.

I agree, the square box and flat roof style of today just sucks.

[alanjh595]

I saw this and thought of you.