You might be wondering why a row of bricks are missing from the wall above the sliding glass door that leads from our dining area to the front deck. No? Well, I'll tell ya the story anyway. It seems that the original builders didn't use the correct support structures to hold the concrete deck in place. As a result the deck has slowly sagged, and with it the entire house in that area. The solution is to brace the garage opening, jack up the wall, remove the bad wood (rotted out by bad drainage, animals and a longstanding heater leak) and replace it with an engineered beam suitable for bearing the existing load. Jacking the wall without removing those bricks (and the sliding doors) could be a disaster, so better safe than incredibly depressed at having one more, new huge project to take on.
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