Floor Joist No Sill Plate

As i started to shopvac the cavities last night i noticed that there is no sill plate.

Floor joist no sill plate.

Sill plate repair replacement. After the house was framed we would go in the basement and nail 2x4 s up on the bottom of the joists tight against the inside of the foundation. The floor joists and rim joists rest directly on the block wall. It was 2x10 joists but no mudsill just sill seal.

There is no vapor barrier or covering of any type over the top of the block wall. The main beam itself is held up by large support columns installed every few feet. A sill plate or mudsill is the bottom horizontal member of a floor system to which vertical members floor joists are attached sill plates are usually composed of lumber in sizes of 2 4 2 6 2 8 and 2 10. I was inspecting a 30 year old home the other day and noticed in the crawl that there were no sill plates on top of the concrete block foundation.

Please for the love of god do not pour a concrete patio above the level of your foundation. Secure the new rim joist with 16p nails. The ends of the floor joists rest on the sill plate while the center of the joists rest on the main beam. The sill plate you use to replace the old plate should be made of pressure treated wood.

I spent the last few days replacing a rotten sill plate the horizontal piece of wood that lies between the foundation and the floor joists. Just the block cavities open to the conditioned space. Said job leads to the following all caps admonition. I don t see any evidence of rot on the joists.

We worked for a builder about ten years ago that did something similar. How to open a garage door with a broken spring. Guess they never heard of uplift. You can remove the rotted wood and cut new sections to replace the old one.

You don t need to use galvanized nails here.