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Stubborn1

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Hi Folks, is it a problem if one of the crossmembers in my crawlspace has been cut with no repair? We had a new bathroom floor added awhile back and I just found out the contractor cut all the way through one of beams . This is a house built in 1957 in Southern Oregon. There are 6"x12" beams going the width of the house, spaced about every 4 feet. This board is sliced thru with no apparent repair made. ? The cut is visible just behind the 2x4s holding up the beam.

Is this a major problem or am I being paranoid?
 

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Is the another new pier and post on the other side of the cut?
 
Unless, and it's hard to tell from the photo, the pier and post are supporting both sides of the cut.

Have you asked why the contractor made that cut, and why he did not sister and thru bolt the beam, and why the insulation is missing?
 
It looks to me like the post supports both sides of the cut. I would check that or simply ask him if that was the case. If it wasn't the case I would think the floor above would have a bounce there with the flooring spanning as much as is shown. If it wasn't supported what would hold the beam up or how would he have attached the flooring to it?

It is also not clear what the new cross piece does?

I agree the insulation should have went back in.
 
I would definatly ask him, also be aware that states have adopted required warranty periods, for lic. contractors, and the information will be available on the gov. web site.
 
Do you mean the joists or beams or the flooring where the pipe is coming through? I don't see any cut joists. It looks like some of the subfloor was recently replaced and to get the sizing to match up with the existing he used dimensional lumber instead of plywood or OSB.
 
The new subfloor looks to be 2x T&G which would be typical

We'd often Frame that post and beam system using 2-4-1 plywood.
 
It clears up in the next sentence, "one of the crossmembers in my crawlspace has been cut with no repair? We had a new bathroom floor added awhile back and I just found out the contractor cut all the way through one of beams".
 
mabloodhound said:
OP said "crossmember". Your arrow points to the main carrying beam/joist.
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He said the house was made in 1957 so one would think of modern floor joist framing and I’m not sure about Oregon but around here things went more modern even a steel I beam down the center was starting to be the thing around then. But even to today the Amish are building this way with heavy beams and there are lots of saw mills here mostly Amish owned and they still offer this framing as an option.



Beams or Joists are kind of interchangeable depending on who you are talking to.



I still don’t know for sure where the cut is that this poster was talking about that was my guess. It looks like those posts and footing blocks were added and I would think the post would span the cut. Even so I would have put something on the sides “sister” maybe plywood just to keep the joint lined up and together. It looks like they did the work from above when it was opened up. I don’t really see why they cut the beam or what that other piece is doing with the hangers. Looks like they stuck up as much insulation as they could when it was open from above and left the rest.

If @Stubborn1 is still around he can fill us in.
 
Myself, I'd have sistered 2x and bolts.

To me, it's a case of "good enough", isn't.
 
2-4-1 CDX is used as subfloor, in the same form as 1x6 dia. or 2x6 t&g.

The 4x are pocketed in the curbwall raised foundation and held 1-1/2" above and a 2x pressure treated sill becomes the nailing for the ply.
 
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