Monday, September 10, 2012
Getting Creative To Save The Homeowner Money
This 1960’s constructed shower pan failed
(as many do) causing a lot of perimeter water damage. In particular it damaged the exterior wall sheathing. Commonly used in that era was exterior gypsum (think drywall); when that stuff gets wet it crumbles.
Fortunately for the Homeowner only the lower portion got wet. So in this particular case, it wasn't very practical to remove & reinstall a full masonry brick exterior wall just to replace fewer than 20 square feet of sheathing. So we had to get creative.
We installed treated 1x2 blocking and wedged the new treated sheathing behind it. The new sheathing has a small finger sized hole we drilled into it. This gave us a way to hold the sheathing in place so it could be attached to the 1x2 blocking. We had to work in small sections, but this approach was very effective and it saved the Homeowner a lot of money.
Also of interest, the exterior brick wall was tied to the existing wall framing so we couldn't remove it or risk damaging the brick. So the newly installed treated wall studs were attached to the old ones so as to transfer the load of the brick ties over onto the new wall framing.
Fortunately for the Homeowner only the lower portion got wet. So in this particular case, it wasn't very practical to remove & reinstall a full masonry brick exterior wall just to replace fewer than 20 square feet of sheathing. So we had to get creative.
We installed treated 1x2 blocking and wedged the new treated sheathing behind it. The new sheathing has a small finger sized hole we drilled into it. This gave us a way to hold the sheathing in place so it could be attached to the 1x2 blocking. We had to work in small sections, but this approach was very effective and it saved the Homeowner a lot of money.
Also of interest, the exterior brick wall was tied to the existing wall framing so we couldn't remove it or risk damaging the brick. So the newly installed treated wall studs were attached to the old ones so as to transfer the load of the brick ties over onto the new wall framing.
SHOWER SIDE
BEDROOM SIDE
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