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Stage is gone, they are holding the regular floor up. Actually only half the floor. It flollows what i would describe as standard old house/building design with a load bearing wall down the center of the basment and half length joists. Sounds like a good plan Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Its likely from the 20s or 30s. That creosote board is from a remodel likely 50s ~70s. It is still off gassing. Its pretty strong smelling anywhere 10ish feet away every direction. Yeah im gonna sister the joists and replace the beam. The old one is 11.5 inchesx 3 so double 2x12 will work...

Nothing sags or is out of level curenntly. I don't know if i can even get something like that locally. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Easy enough. I got some poor info before on sistering joists and thats why i ask questions. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Ok got a few better pics to show the load bearing. Im going to sister the joists with 2x10s. Thw one side will set on the sill plate so it's no concern but the other side is what worries me. I can easily enough slide 6 ft sister boards in which gives 30 inches or so of overlap. Then I...

Hey got new pics up. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I will get some later today. It's holding a few floor joists. Granted they are nailed together and no hangers because thats how it was done back then Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Re: Rustic or Dangerous? Why Keeping Treated Wood Materials Indoors Can be a Bad Idea Yeah i read that exact article too. I know it would be better to replace and never worry. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I did tear out the stage already and I agree this would be the time to do it. Only issue is to support the joists its holding will require demoing a basement wall that didnt originally need to come out in order to support the joists. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

This is the only peice in the while building and its a small peice at that. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Right on, thanks. That's what i was hoping to do. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Lol superfund may be overkill being its only 1 4ft board. Still cant beleive they made whole houses out that stuff. Nasty. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Yeah its about 3ft or 4ft long. And yes the one end is sitting on that blocking and looked super bad but as I kept looking the next stud down is double 2x4 post and the end with blocking is probably strong enough to handle that cantilevered load. I will fix it anyways if i leave the beam...

Seal it with polyurethane i imagine but what to wrap with? Plastic sheeting? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Hey guys sorry this isn't in a garage, its on a building im working on renevating. But it will have a workshop of sorts in it one day. None the less i trust the opinions here much more than anywhere else on the Internet. So this building used to be a church (then dance studio, then marshel...