Recent content by nafischer90

Hello, My home has a main area built of brick (circa 1900). A block addition was built in 1969 consisting of a living area making the first floor an L shape. This living area had some pretty ugly paneling along 2 walls which I have removed. The third wall is a brick fireplace. Behind the...

After taking up the sag between joists and the subfloor I did about 1/8" per day for a few days. ~1/2 turn of the screw jack in the morning and 1/2 at night.

So I began jacking up the joists. Everything appeared to be going as planned but then I realized the floor above was moving faster than the wall above. The header the floor joists were attached to appears to be carrying a signifigant amount of the walls weight and therefore the joists are...

Thank you again for the help nealtw and everyone else. I will post some pictures once I complete the work.

Thank you everyone for the input. I appreciate the suggestions to build a wider wall or wider floor plate. With a wall like this should I fasten the bottom plate to the floor? I own a Ramset or I could use Tapcons or similar. aNYCdb, The joists span 10-11 feet nealtw, what precautions should...

Hello, I recently moved into my first home, built in 1900, SE Pennsylvania. There are some issues with the floor joists in the basement. The majority of the floor joists are resting on the brick foundation and are in good shape, however around the opening for the stairs the header running...