hello all!
My name is George, my fiance and I bought an older home built in the 50's. it used to have a wood burning stove that has a small bearing on my situation, in seeing what I can see the house has a perimeter foundation and then either every 8 or 10' there is a wall that runs from the front of the house to the back and the floor joist's rest on those. The problem I am having is that in the span of the floor joists from one wall to the next it is bowing due to the weight of an added concrete block flue that was for the wood stove. it is resting on top of the floor and not the ground below it, so I need to get under and jack it back up level. Then I read about wood retaining the bow that has been created over time "creep?". How would one go about jacking the center of a span and get the bow out, rienforce and set the center on peir footings? thanks in advance. George
My name is George, my fiance and I bought an older home built in the 50's. it used to have a wood burning stove that has a small bearing on my situation, in seeing what I can see the house has a perimeter foundation and then either every 8 or 10' there is a wall that runs from the front of the house to the back and the floor joist's rest on those. The problem I am having is that in the span of the floor joists from one wall to the next it is bowing due to the weight of an added concrete block flue that was for the wood stove. it is resting on top of the floor and not the ground below it, so I need to get under and jack it back up level. Then I read about wood retaining the bow that has been created over time "creep?". How would one go about jacking the center of a span and get the bow out, rienforce and set the center on peir footings? thanks in advance. George