The weather was so nice, I started taking the old porch platform apart this afternoon. #house_rehab
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What's crazy is that this "foundation", which goes down 20-30", was... decoration? The porch was built on top of the floor joists, which are sitting on top of blocks inside the foundation, on top of dirt! Unbelievably bad choice for a 2-story structure.
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@33MHz Did it start out two storeys or were storeys added later, once the "foundation" was hidden and forgotten?
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@mcdemarco purpose built two stories! Now, the second story was open to the outside, but it still had a quite heavy roof on top of it.
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The wood is treated, but for "above ground". Could have been OK, but, there was still significant water and termite damage.
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I did manage to save (5) 2x10 boards that were in good condition, so far.
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