u/scarlettdeath

I just got rid of my ceiling popcorn texture (yay!) and am about to start the skim coat. There are a few places where the brown paper of the drywall has pock marks from getting too wet and being scraped at.

Do I need to worry about this? A home depot video recommends applying primer on the areas that have paper damage - would this count?

I need to install a faceless GFCI for my sump pump outlet - I am running a 15 amp circuit from the breaker, but the only faceless GFCI's available are 20 amp. Does it matter? Should I just do a regular GFCI with the outlets instead to stick to a 15 amp? I guess I could stick it in the laundry room for ease of access as well.

Just removed the carpet to find the drywall is a good 1/2” above the sub floor and in that gap, the actual “wall” (actual boundary that my floor needs to be spaced away from) is 1/2” away. Do I just make the flooring flush with the drywall since it’s getting 1/2” of expansion gap anyway, or do I put it under the drywall and eyeball a 1/4” gap to the actual “wall”?

Going to be in Crete for two days after a conference and have my mom with me who can’t really hike.

Was looking for some easy to get to beaches so we can just lounge and maybe snorkel a bit, nothing major.

Could anyone recommend something along these lines? Still looking at Blue Daily Cruises for a Balos trip without doing the hike up on Gramvousa, but does anyone have recommendations for alternate operators for smaller groups but not entirely private tours??

Hi!

I just bought a house and the sill plate under the patio door is rotting.

The home inspector made it sound like it could be repaired whenever, but when I went down there to look after the purchase, it’s 4 ft of rot with 1 joist almost entirely unsupported at the moment. The previous homeowners also poured a concrete patio butting up exactly where this rot is (which I plan to remove and replace with concrete that has an expansion gap).

I think my boyfriend and I can repair it but want to walk through the steps with someone. Not sure if this is the right place but did see some framing questions here before! Please let me know if I should post this elsewhere.

My house is a single story, 1500 sq ft, truss roof system so no load bearing wall and a crawl space (no basement)

The step I think I need to take (and any questions I have):

1. Raise the house in the section of damage - plan to use 2x12 ton bottle jacks with a 2”x8” on top of them to support the floor joists being raised (about 4 floor joists) - is this enough? Do I need more bottle jacks?

2. Remove rotted sill plate, and potentially rotted joist.

3. Add new sill plate with appropriate anchors in the center no less than 12” from either end and going into the concrete at least 7” - do you pre drill the holes in the sill plate and use that as a guide to drill into the concrete? My understanding is that originally the concrete would have had the bolts sticking out for the sill plate but I can’t use those so I have to drill into the concrete?

4. Attached the rim joist to the sill plate by toenailing into the rim joist.

5. Lower the section and attach floor joists to rim joist.

6. Fix drywall cracks in the house.

Am I missing anything? Any and all advice is much appreciated!

The previous owners poured a concrete patio right up to the house. No expansion gap and the house is on a negative slope so water is collecting right at the sill plate and it has rotted.

I want to cut the concrete about 2 ft away from the house and make a trench to put in a french drain. Then pour all new concrete with space for an expansion gap and the correct slope leading to the drain (only about a 1/4th of an inch since it’s 2 ft).

Would this work? It might look a bit ugly but I am at wits end on how to fix this and the concrete needs to go any way to be able to fix the sill plate.