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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

jc100 said:
I was going to try to get away with a base like that but I spoke to a guy with the same shed and he said get it done right. Some reviews said the same thing, most horror stories with misaligned doors etc came from folks who put the thing up on an unlevel foundation. My current (smaller) Rubbermaid shed is just on what I thought was levelled ground. Its always had issues with the door shutting etc. We needed more space so….buy once cry once….again. That’s becoming the motto of the last few years.
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Just an fyi…even a concrete pad can shift.

I’ve always had success with a six inch base of limestone screenings plus patio stones…and building a proper shed out of wood. The benefit is you can customize the shed to fit your needs.


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Our house is 35 years old. It has a roughed in fireplace in the finished basement. Three times in the last 10 years i have had water come in where the fireplace is and wet the carpet. It only happens when the wind is really strong from the west.I hired a guy 10 years ago to fix it. He didn't. Was and idiot. Hired another foundation specialist that tore out the inside wall and found the upper part of the fireplace was not built properly. He also capped the chimney.
My question..... Still leaks during bad storms. Where do i go to find someone to fix this?
I don't have time to work on it myself and take care of my wife.
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Wingboy said:
Our house is 35 years old. It has a roughed in fireplace in the finished basement. Three times in the last 10 years i have had water come in where the fireplace is and wet the carpet. It only happens when the wind is really strong from the west.I hired a guy 10 years ago to fix it. He didn't. Was and idiot. Hired another foundation specialist that tore out the inside wall and found the upper part of the fireplace was not built properly. He also capped the chimney.
My question..... Still leaks during bad storms. Where do i go to find someone to fix this?
I don't have time to work on it myself and take care of my wife.
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Does that side of the house face west? Reason I ask is because water can travel a long way from its original entry point before it presents itself as a leak.

If your foundation looks solid, I would suspect that you have some bad mortar joints, gaps in the caulking where the chimney meets the siding, or a combination of both.

When we bought our house, water got in from bad joints in and around a few of the window sills. I re-did the joints and any other spots that had cracks in the mortar. Also had the caulking gun out to seal up around the windows.


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Is it time to remove the chimney? We had leaks, but they were below ground. Had to have someone dig around the house and waterproof it.
 
Yes, it faces west.I have no doubt that the water is a problem for a lot of homes in the subdivision. All the homes have sump pumps. And the entire place is built on a wetland.
Question is,where to look for someone to fix it?
I don't want to hire someone that calls himself a specialist and find out he is just a Home Depot specialist.
 
Wingboy, I sort of agree with Baggsy. If you're not planning on using it, and are planning on staying in the house for a long time, tear it down and fix it properly. If you want you could put in a small exhaust suitable for a pellet stove.

John. $1500 sounds good all in. My concern is still the sub-base. If it's not properly tamped, even concrete is going to settle and probably crack. If properly tamped then gravel and a wood base is enough. You can rent a gas tamper fairly cheap.
 
We are not planning on selling right now, but it will happen fairly soon. Tearing it down would be expensive and no guarantee to fix the problem.
 
Wingboy said:
Yes, it faces west.I have no doubt that the water is a problem for a lot of homes in the subdivision. All the homes have sump pumps. And the entire place is built on a wetland.
Question is,where to look for someone to fix it?
I don't want to hire someone that calls himself a specialist and find out he is just a Home Depot specialist.
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I reached out to some contacts to try to get someone useful in waterloo. Their first comment was "good luck getting someone to do a job now". If they come up with something I will pass it along.
 
Lyndsay said:
Wingboy, I sort of agree with Baggsy. If you're not planning on using it, and are planning on staying in the house for a long time, tear it down and fix it properly. If you want you could put in a small exhaust suitable for a pellet stove.

John. $1500 sounds good all in. My concern is still the sub-base. If it's not properly tamped, even concrete is going to settle and probably crack. If properly tamped then gravel and a wood base is enough. You can rent a gas tamper fairly cheap.
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I will have to check. $1500 was with me excavating the soil which is fine, the old shed is in the same place and once that’s gone it won’t be an issue. The guy will do it properly I’m sure. He’s an old school stone guy.

My old shed is a rubber made one. Smaller, cracked floor but still in one piece. Was going to advertise it on Kijiji as take it for free but you have to remove it in one day and once you commit it’s yours.
 
jc100 said:
I will have to check. $1500 was with me excavating the soil which is fine, the old shed is in the same place and once that’s gone it won’t be an issue. The guy will do it properly I’m sure. He’s an old school stone guy.

My old shed is a rubber made one. Smaller, cracked floor but still in one piece. Was going to advertise it on Kijiji as take it for free but you have to remove it in one day and once you commit it’s yours.
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I can take it. Maybe put it in the field, so we can store the clay throwers and some chairs in it. L
 
jc100 said:
I will have to check. $1500 was with me excavating the soil which is fine, the old shed is in the same place and once that’s gone it won’t be an issue. The guy will do it properly I’m sure. He’s an old school stone guy.

My old shed is a rubber made one. Smaller, cracked floor but still in one piece. Was going to advertise it on Kijiji as take it for free but you have to remove it in one day and once you commit it’s yours.
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That shed will be gone in a few hours I’m sure.
 
I want another shed but wife won’t let me ‘clutter’ the yard any more.

‘Throw out the junk you don’t need/use first’ she says…

She doesn’t understand me.
 
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