Ehh it should pass code!!!

[21willys]

This is a house that the home owner is rebuilding after a fire. I'm not sure how anyone can look at it and believe it's ok like this.




Plus I haven't saw any building permits posted. (You can't even put a post in the ground in our town without a permit)

 

[smallfoot]

Wow! I can see quite a few issues from here. From ground level up, what is he thinking? Is that the original block work on the foundation or did he work hard at getting it that far out of square, level and plumb?[S
Is that beaver board for floor joists too? Don't see anything that looks like pressure treated either...

 

[christcrusader13]

Get a budozer and start over!

 

[21willys]

It's all new foundation and footer! In person you can see a huge crown in the entire wall. The nice guy in me wants to stop and say something but how do you politely say "hey your entire project is crap and needs to come down"? The guy building it gets foster kids as a income and works them like borrowed mules. I guess if he has to take it down it will be karma getting him.

 

[Tripper]

In Houston you can't even blow your nose without a permit! Built a 2 car carport & it took several months to just get it permitted... a car port... pleeeease! One of the big reasons I moved out to the country!

BoB

 

[Bamamav]

No permits here. I can build anything, any way I want, without the Govt looking over my shoulder or stealing my money. That being said, that guy needs to invest in a good 4 foot level and a square! I would have to make the suggestion to him, maybe he doesn't know how to use them?

 

[21willys]

He fixed it today. By covering it in osb so that you can't see the big gap. The entire thing is so out of square that it's not even funny. I would guess it's 6" or more out from being square from corner to corner.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Maybe he's building a "fun house"... you know, moving floors, goofy mirrors, bowling balls running "uphill".

.

 

[NickFish]

nothing a little putty and paint won't fix http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif I cut it three times and its still to short

 

[bruno]

A couple of rolls of duct tape and some shims and it'll be good to go.

 

[Toad]

No problem, just put some Bondo on it!

Toad

 

[Camo King]

Don't see any problems there that spray foam can't fix! [cl[S

 

[smallfoot]

I thought that was why they invented stucco....

 

[GJunktionMike]

I thought that was why they invented stucco....

Thats s house flippers best friend.

 

[21willys]

All fixed!

Both sides are done the same way!

 

[Willowbilly3]

Ah what the heck, once he gets it dried in, it won't matter, as long as it keeps the weather out and the heat in (or out). I've lived in and done remodel on houses way worse than that. Is it a pain in the rear? Yeah but in the end kids and wife happy, house cozy, life goes on

 

[Torch]

There is nothing wrong with shimming the foundation to level a floor.
Some builders shim, others let the floor be off.
It happens all the time on new construction.
yes optimally you would hope the foundation contractors did their job correctly but you can't go and rip out the foundation because it isn't perfect.
I mean you can but there is nothing to be gained economically or structurally, you would just be wasting money.

 

[smallfoot]

All fixed!



AHHH...no!!!