Field investigations of all areas of all crawlspaces of this 16 building complex. We provided a detailed report documenting our findings, with recommendations for repairs. We provided construction documents for repairs and construction phase services to address inevitable unforeseen conditions during the repair process.
Project description:
Investigation and Repair of severely damaged and decayed floor framing for all buildings of a multi-story condominium complex.…
Notes:
We were contacted after a cable installer spotted failed CMU piers supporting 3 stories of floors above. We were asked to identify damage and provide repair plans.
Even the cable guy couldn’t ignore this! The foundation pier is split in two. The beam perched on the edge of the cracked pier is decayed. The beam supports 4 floors above!
Even the cable guy couldn’t ignore this! That CMU pier is broken in half. The decayed beam perched on the edge of the cracked pier is supporting 4 floors above!
A stack of hollow CMU blocks supporting 4 stories. No mortar between the blocks, no grout filling the cells of the blocks. Unfortunately, an all-too-common situation.
The fungus is not messing around. It is hungry. Give it the right conditions, and it will eat.
A perfect example of what not to do. A plywood web joist (like a TJI) installed within inches of a dirt crawlspace with no vapor barrier. It creates the perfect environment for ‘fungus party’ like this one. I could pull this joist apart by hand.
Wood framing is not the only thing attacked by fungus in humid crawlspaces. Most folks don’t want mice in their building, for good reasons. Not much left of this little guy except his outline. I skipped lunch that day.
Strange things grow in humid crawlspaces. I don’t know what this is, but I think the fibers were reaching for the wood joists above, but I sure steered clear of it. What if it was carnivorous?!
