I'll try to summarize this as quick as I can. My cabin's previous owner built a deck using UNtreated wood and then dropped a 4 season porch on a good portion of it.
under deck - the decking and joists are now rotted. I can dig into the joists w/ screwdriver. very wet wood.
under 4 season porch - everything still looks ok.
-Can I just drop new joists next to the old ones and leave the old ones in place? I'd still cut out the rotted parts under the deck, but leave the 'good' portion under the porch., just because trying to get them out would be a huge undertaking. The new joists would support the porch as well
I might have missed a guess, but here are the ones that I noted:
JerkinLips – March 27th, then April 7th
Brianf. – March 28th
Bobberwatcher – April….
MikeG3Boat – April 10th
SkunkedAgain – early April, then April 21st
Definitely a tough year for guesses, as it seemed to be a no-brainer early ice out. Then it got cold and snowed again.
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hi folks
I'll try to summarize this as quick as I can. My cabin's previous owner built a deck using UNtreated wood and then dropped a 4 season porch on a good portion of it.
under deck - the decking and joists are now rotted. I can dig into the joists w/ screwdriver. very wet wood.
under 4 season porch - everything still looks ok.
-Can I just drop new joists next to the old ones and leave the old ones in place? I'd still cut out the rotted parts under the deck, but leave the 'good' portion under the porch., just because trying to get them out would be a huge undertaking. The new joists would support the porch as well
hope this makes sense? & thanks!
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