As a builder, do you place treated wood under the bottom of basement stair stringers? or not? Most homes I see run the stringers right down to the floor. Is this really an issue?
2007-02-09 08:13:11 · 6 answers · asked by morris 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
been doing home repair for 30 years and have never had to repair basement stairs for rot due to contact with concrete floor. Just ask your friends have any of them or their friends heard of this happening? If it is code in your area you might as well do it you'll save yourself a lot of aggravation and probably end up doing it anyway
2007-02-09 15:45:30 · answer #1 · answered by Pat B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-24 05:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good building practices and building codes (IBC 2003) require pressure treated wood where it it touches concrete. An alternative would be to place a vapor barrier such as rubber between the concrete and the stringers.
2007-02-09 13:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by jimmiv 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need some sort of material between concrete and untreated wood. Before PTDF was availabe builders used metal flashing, once they realized that it was necessary. You should always have some sort of barrier between raw wood and raw concrete, the materials that will meet code may vary from one locale to another but virtually every municipality will require some sort of barrier.
2007-02-09 15:19:25 · answer #4 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basement Stair Stringers
2016-12-29 18:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homes are designed to have dry basements. If you want piece of mind you can have this done at added cost. It isn't really an issue. First check what the codes are. Each munincipality has certain codes for a reason!
2007-02-09 08:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by michael m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not use a Simpson strong tie. Screw it to the floor then lay the stringers into them and screw off. Viola! you have a rugged construction, no contact with concrete floor, and no toxic pressure treated wood. Oh yea they are only a buck and a half each!
2007-02-10 00:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by NubbY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treated lumber is the right thing to use for floor plates in contact with ground level concrete. The newer types (not CCA) are safer, no problem from that angle.
The reason is the moisture in the concrete, which promotes rot and failure in wood in touch with it. There is also a termite factor; (should you have a crack in the floor under a framed wall) termites would have to by-pass the treated lumber to get to normal lumber above, and this tends to expose them.
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2015-01-24 09:20:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋