Hello all
Today I took the plasterboard off an external stud wall (not sure if that is even allowed these days?). What I found was that there was a heck of lot of water damage to the joist and also the bottom of the studs. As the photos show, this doubled up joist was holding a small window and three trusses of the roof.
Question is what to do about it ? I already had a pair of small acro0 which I've used to shore up the trusses overnight (just to give me peace of mind really since nothing has changed).
I'm going to buy some acro1s tomorrow and I'm thinking I can use those with a better needle (would a pair of 4x2 screwed and glued be good enough ?).
Some of the studs like under the window I think I could replace fully one by one. But not sure what to do about the full height studs on the left and right which are holding up the roof and have rotted away at the bottom. Could I cut away the bottom section and then tap in a good fitting new stud? Perhaps add a bit of sistering over the joint? Or would that be a bodge?
Any practical advice would be very much appreciated.
P.S. The span of the joist is 1M and it is simply a length of a pair of 4x2s . There is a masonry wall either wide and the joist (what is left of it ) is fixed with jiffy hangers. Once propped, I was thinking I could cut the last strands of the joist and pull it away.
Today I took the plasterboard off an external stud wall (not sure if that is even allowed these days?). What I found was that there was a heck of lot of water damage to the joist and also the bottom of the studs. As the photos show, this doubled up joist was holding a small window and three trusses of the roof.
Question is what to do about it ? I already had a pair of small acro0 which I've used to shore up the trusses overnight (just to give me peace of mind really since nothing has changed).
I'm going to buy some acro1s tomorrow and I'm thinking I can use those with a better needle (would a pair of 4x2 screwed and glued be good enough ?).
Some of the studs like under the window I think I could replace fully one by one. But not sure what to do about the full height studs on the left and right which are holding up the roof and have rotted away at the bottom. Could I cut away the bottom section and then tap in a good fitting new stud? Perhaps add a bit of sistering over the joint? Or would that be a bodge?
Any practical advice would be very much appreciated.
P.S. The span of the joist is 1M and it is simply a length of a pair of 4x2s . There is a masonry wall either wide and the joist (what is left of it ) is fixed with jiffy hangers. Once propped, I was thinking I could cut the last strands of the joist and pull it away.