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Do concrete sealers(those that are suppose to restore the cement) work?

The floor joist are off the rim joist the width of the deck. However the deck appears to be "propertly built" per the guy who came by.The deck is 15' x 10', it does have joist hangers on the 2' x 10' joist. A carpenter came by and said that thre was no eveidence of rot. he said the deck has no...

I should have told you there is a deck where the joist are short. I put a level on the basement wall in the general area and it out of plumb.

I see a slight buckleon the outside. I neglected to let you know that there is a deck along the wall where the floor joist is off the rim joist. I had two people look at it and one said to screw through the deck band joist through the rim joist and into the floor joist from the outside. The...

the wall is west facing, vinyl siding and there is a small foundation crack in the area and there are no bugs.

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by came loose, I mean the joists sit is sitting on the sill plate and is roughly 1 inch away from the band board.

Last july I moved into a house built in 1978. As winter approached I notice that there was a popping noise from ceilng to floor especially in the early mornings. A went online and got some info as the floors started to squeak and I just noticed that the floor joist came loose from the rim joist...