Recent content by skydve76

The reason it filled with water is the wind tore my flashing off at the top and it was only bent 90 degrees at the top into the siding, and they glued it no caulk. After the wind ripped it off that day there was a huge downpour and the flashing filledup with water as the wind only ripped it off...

House was built in 2005

After it dried a it did eat in a bit (see attached pic), Id say 50% of the beam is damaged in the middle on the surface, maybe 2-3mm in. Here is a video of the hammer test, the contractor hit it way harder. I sheeted this up and plan to have the siding/flashing fixed today to deal with this in...

I posted a while back about my garage header taking some damage, I had a couple contractors tell me different things. On my house the roof goes front to rear and the trusses above the garage sit on a short wall that sits on top of the LVL (glu-lam). The house has a gable on the front which I...

Time to fix it now. I assume garage could collapse.

When you do these do people have much luck with insurance?

What would be a ballpark price?

Im going to pay to have this done, I hate doing that but the consequences of a mess up could be ruining.

Where is it nailed In? Into the end?

On the trusses with a 2x4 to the ground from each truss?

Sorry for my ignorance but isn't a laminated beam just a stack of 2×4 glued together?

I zoned into the face. You can see the lines where the 2×4 meet. The 2nd pic is looking straight up its a stack of 2x4 unless this is a 4" thick wood...

Here is what is attached to it. What do you suggest I do? Sand off rot?

Flashing failed, wrapping failed, rotted the sheathing, rotted the jam. The header jam is stacked 2x4 and not the typical 6x12 Ive seen. The bottom is rotten about 1/4" deep in the middle and the others in the stack are only rotten on outside but have some flaking. How critical is this? can...

I managed to return the screwdrivers. I noticed the set I bought is made in China and the sets they sell normal retail are maid in Taiwan. Not my problem anymore. I dont use screwdrivers as much as I used to. I work mostly on cars and motorcycles with my tools. Occasionally one of my...