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DAN WILSON---you okay???


Mt.crewchief
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Still here, had to do some major computer repairs, plus this ol possessed house is kicking my ass and finally had to have casey reappove me to post on the board.

But here I are, my presense is going to be really spotty for a while, I just found out my entire house is basically structualy failed!!!!

The house sits on top of a field stone foundation with a 10X10 hand hewn oak beam for the bottom plate/mud sill, and I found out they are ALL HOLLOW, completely eaten out by termites in the past.

I found this out by accident when jacking one to level a room and the beam actually started collapsing on itself (ouch). Its not such a horrible thing to change but the enginnering of the repair will take me a while. The outer walls will be easy to change out (relativly) but the ones that are going to kick my butt are the two cross beams that support both the upstairs interior walls AND share the load for the Living Room, Parlor, Dining Room and stair case (OUCH).

A little later on I will upload my pics so I can show you what I am talking about. Up until now I thought the cracks in the beams were simply shrinkage cracks, but once I found one beam with the termite damage I started sticking a screwdriver into all the other beams with cracks and damn it all, Hollow as hell.

But thanks for the concern, I appreciate it :)

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