Porch Roof Post Keeps Crushing Sill Plate

I then installed 5 8 x 8 red head wedge anchors.

Porch roof post keeps crushing sill plate. I don t ever ignore it and it can be serious problems in boundary members of shear walls in 4 or 5 story wood buildings. The following steps will help keep the wood in your house dry so fungi don t have a chance to set up shop. Sometimes i ll use a 6x8 post over a 3 1 2 x 3 1 2 psl but it depends on the project. How to block water from going under a sill plate.

Depending on the position of the rotted area it could be three or four studs. Fasten the sill plate to the concrete slab following the recommendations of the local building code. Scrape away old hardened. Sometimes column size can be governed by the crushing perp to grain unless you don t mind interrupting the sill plate.

Where the house connects with the foundation is known as the sill plate. Step 15 because sill plate ends will not have floor joists resting on them i wanted to add two concrete anchors one at each ends of sill plates to further secure my sill plates so i drilled a hole using 5 8 rotary concrete bit and my right angle ryobi drill. Some codes require that the sill plate be bolted to the slab while others recommend a metal. Be sure to wear the safety goggles when cutting.