Hi All.
I could use some good advice here :)
My house is 80 years old and has one or two cracked and sagging main floor beams. The joists are mostly ok, but the beams are bad. Apparently there had been a water leak for few years, and termites got a section of each of the beams. Termites are gone, these days.
The house has had sagging floors for a long time, I guess, since the bottom of one of the bathroom doors is cut at about a 15 degree angle to acccommodate the slant of the floor.
The man that inspected the house told me that it would cost about $1000 to get the one beam replaced. That sounds good to me. Is that reasonable?
The next thing is that the walls were all plaster at one time, but we think that when the floor sagged, the plaster cracked up, and all the plaster got replaced with paneling, which we are anxious to get rid of ;)
It seems pointless to do the walls before the floor. Or get the fireplaces restored before the floor, or to do anything before the floor. We want to put tiles in the bathroom, but of course, that would pointless before leveling the floor :)
We want to keep the oringinal hardwood flooring.
So what would be the best course of action? Like I said, most of the floor joists seem ok...it's just the main beam(s).
The house is 1900 square feet and has 10 foot ceilings and a large attic, if that matters.
Obviously, this is my first house-restoration project.
Thanks, Dan
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