[jay1pizza]

Hi,this is a two part question concerning home repair.My mom has had an under the home inspection.This is a 1 level 700 square feet home.There has been some termite infestation.
The floor sagging depth is an 1 1/2 to the middle rear of home.Kitchen and adjacent bedroom is affected.The kitchen is 13x12 and bedroom is 12x12.The wood joist are
sagging due to age and slight termite damage.There is not major damage on these
spans or significant rot.The sill plates on the foundation wall consist of 3 2x4 stacked
against each other side by side upstraight,and the woodjoist are notched on the
end sitting on a 2x4.. I do not know what kind of floor system this is.All joist seem
to have good stability on the notched ends with no signicant defect.But many of the
boards have red dust termite trails almost all the length of the joist but no significant decay.
1 joist is damage and has a crack all the way through due to shoddy carpenter or
someone attempting to level without skills.
There is an indentation of a hydraulic jack screw top that was place directly underneath
the joist and someone tried to jack it.The crack is from bottom to within
2 inches of top.Should this be braced up before sistering or sistered befored jacking
up to level it? I am thinking it will break if jacked up then sistered?
Should all the wood joist be sistered or just the ones in sagging spot and/or should
they all be replaced sinced the termite trails are on them?
If they can be sistered,do they have to all the way and be notched as the original or
can a length be attached and fitted over the beam.
The plan is to install extra long beam support on post probably running from wall to wall.
1 or 2 joist on opposite span sides looks as if they want to twist inward?
The home inspector also said to tear down a 10x10 storage house that has rot due to
no trenching and grade of lot need to be repaired.He said this is a breeding ground
for the entire property and needs to be removed before have property treated for
termites.The crawlspace is also very damp on one side? There also seem to be
header damage under the front door beneath it going all the way across ate out
by termites and has cause the front door to swank with finger space underneath it?
Can this be all remedy are will it be reasonbly expensive? I will like to do
as much as I can with some helpers and let professional come in and oversee the rest?