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   BossHog | Jul 22, 2009 08:35pm | #1

   If they aren't delaminating and you can solve the moisture problem my guess is that they should be fine.

   But to be sure, I'd try to contact the manufacturer and see if they'd send someone out to look at them.

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   Piffin | Jul 22, 2009 09:48pm | #4

   Maaybe my eyes decieve me, but I'm sure I saw swelling of center webs and delam stating in some bottom chord material 

    

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   BossHog | Jul 23, 2009 12:02am | #7

   I don't see anything obvious. Either your eyes are decieving you or I need new glasses.A better picture (or MORE pictures) wouldn't hurt..
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   Piffin | Jul 22, 2009 08:37pm | #2

   Without that picture, I would have said ask the manufacturer.

   But that leaves no doubt there is more than wet happened to them! They've already been damaged and compromised by growth of miro-organisms. I'm betting there is no roof since some builder went under and the bank got stuck. This is one where five gallons and a match would do the place a lot of good, I guess.

    

    

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   MikeK | Jul 22, 2009 08:58pm | #3

   The home is complete and under roof. Drywall is wet and moldy. The hardwood floors are buckled. It appears the TJI and subfloor are warped, which would lead me to believe they can't be saved. I suspect this home is a tear down.

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   Framer | Jul 22, 2009 10:01pm | #5

    

   The home is complete and under roof. Drywall is wet and moldy. The hardwood floors are buckled. It appears the TJI and subfloor are warped, which would lead me to believe they can't be saved. I suspect this home is a tear down.

    

   If the home is complete, how the heck could the drywall be wet? Diid they sheetrock before the roofing and siding were on, or windows installed?

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   fingersandtoes | Jul 22, 2009 10:10pm | #6

   Maybe it was like the vacant $1.9 million house for sale up the road from me which got broken into for the appliances and had a fridge with ice maker...

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   Piffin | Jul 23, 2009 12:13am | #8

   Hard to believe ain't it, Joe?But I have heard plenty of stories of folks losing to the banks repo man, and doing all they can to violate a house. Maybe they broke off all the faucets at they drove away from their dream. 

    

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   taliesinred | Jul 23, 2009 12:57am | #9

   Hmmmm well this is odd... Do we know what kind of vapor barrier the house has? Did it perchance get rained on and then enclosed? It dont look very positive, but I'd have to see more to know if it was a tear down or just a major repair

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   Piffin | Jul 23, 2009 01:26am | #10

   Nothing in my experience has ever showed me something like that with just moisture. That was WET from water 

    

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   Snort | Jul 23, 2009 02:07am | #11

   The band looks spray foamed, and the foundation looks poured. No insulation under the floor, or basement/crawl walls.Worked on a new house where a neighboring GC came in, turned on the water main cutoff, and used a hose bib to get water to his house. Cut off was the u shaped affair in a 1st floor hall closet. Monday, we came in and water poured out the front door. Neighbor had forgotten to turn off water at the cutoff. A bad solder job, the whole top of the cutoff blew off... it was pretty wet underneath LOLhttp://www.tvwsolar.com

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