|
Michael Merino
|
 |
« on: June 15, 2011, 09:29:05 PM » |
|
I was hired by a mortgage company to rehab 6 houses that they now own through foreclosure. Here are some images of the first house. 5 feet of water in the basement for over a year, with Stachybotrys mold. Here are some images.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2011, 09:30:46 PM » |
|
More images
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2011, 09:30:56 PM » |
|
Even more images. Note the white substance on the joists. That is a wood eating fungus and when the joists dry out they alligator and just fall apart. We are replacing the entire structural floor, new beams, joists, and subfloor.
|
|
|
« Last Edit: June 15, 2011, 09:34:01 PM by Michael Merino »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2011, 09:35:37 PM » |
|
Demo images. The main demo 21 image doesn't show it, but when we put a laser level on the wing wall, it had dropped 1&1/2 inches.
|
|
|
« Last Edit: June 15, 2011, 09:48:30 PM by Michael Merino »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2011, 09:37:32 PM » |
|
More demo with new electrical panel being installed
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2011, 09:39:32 PM » |
|
More images
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2011, 09:41:01 PM » |
|
This is after we removed the water
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 09:43:19 PM » |
|
The house is on an acre or more of land
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2011, 09:46:15 PM » |
|
I will post more images as we go.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Dominic Maricic
|
|
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2011, 02:03:10 AM » |
|
Wow, those are some horrific photos! Were they all flooded on purpose by past owners?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2011, 10:28:44 AM » |
|
These pics are all from the same house. The water supply under the kitchen sink was hacked off and the sump pump was found unplugged. We believe it was on purpose.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2011, 09:17:25 PM » |
|
Here are images after we removed the sub floor, next we will be replacing the beams and joists. As you see in the photos, most of the joists are rotted and some of the joists came up with the sub floor. Very scary to work and walk on.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2011, 09:17:52 PM » |
|
Another image.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Dominic Maricic
|
|
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2011, 12:13:10 PM » |
|
Yikes!!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2011, 05:40:25 PM » |
|
Here is what happens when you have earth to wood contact.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2011, 05:41:14 PM » |
|
We replaced the rim joist and the window framing due to the rot from the earth to wood contact. I just didn't take any pictures of the window frame completed.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Stephen Stanczyk
|
|
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2011, 10:00:06 PM » |
|
Why didn't they just bulldoze the whole thing and sell the lot? It would probably be cheaper.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
There is nothing sweeter than the smell of fresh cut grass on a baseball infield, the click of a wooden bat and the taste of a hot dog at a warm sunny daytime double-header.
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2011, 10:49:35 PM » |
|
Because they are making money or recovering some of their losses. Rememebr that 99% of the mortgages in this country are insured throguh the US Govt. That means that they get about 70% of what was owed from the Govt.
My other thought is that I dont care why they didn't. They are paying me to fix it up and that is what I am doing.
We have removed all the old beams and joists and replaced them, new sub floor, mold remediation, new roof, new electrical in the basement and where needed, new electrical panel, AFCI in bedrooms, New PVC DWV that replaced the old cracked cast.
We will have all new windows and doors, new interior doors, new wood floor through out, new insulation and drywall. And a bunch of other stuff.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2011, 10:52:51 PM » |
|
This house is a lot of work, everything in the basement was removed and will be replaced. We are installing new oak staircases from the basement all the way to the second floor, four flights of stairs. New HVAC also.
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Merino
|
|
« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2011, 10:55:28 PM » |
|
Sub floor images
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Home Inspection Software allowing you to create easy to read, customizable reports that can be uploaded online, emailed, or printed out on the job site. Runs on Windows, Mac & Linux! 
Create a professional looking home inspection website for $24.99 a month. We give you all the tools you need to create a site and get it to the top of the search engines. No previous skills required! 
