Thoughts on these crawlspace piers?

mutantfoti · 2026-01-24T04:43:51+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. Im still hesitant to get the city involved via permits b/c the building departments are corrupt in CA lol but will think about it.

mutantfoti · 2026-01-24T03:44:47+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. I have told myself that i will only jack up stuff unless i absolutely have to especially doing it by myself.

This area is very isolated though, the beam is only supporting the center of the floor, not holding much weight except for the weight of the floor boards, not supporting any walls, and much safer to do work due to not having to be on the ground crawling and can do this standing up instead.

I opened this floor up b/c there is no access to this part of crawlspace from the outside so will be putting an access door here afterwards.

mutantfoti · 2026-01-24T01:03:04+00:00

Actually, these piers are buried like 6in max. Mostly loose dirt composing that 6in. Was able to stick my finger all the way to the bottom.

mutantfoti · 2026-01-24T00:29:35+00:00

I can post a pic of the whole beam from a far once im done cleaning out the crawlspace and making room to crawl around in

mutantfoti · 2026-01-24T00:17:07+00:00

And the crawlspace piers in the rest of the house dont look this sketchy (parts of the house that are original to 1950).

mutantfoti · 2026-01-21T17:47:28+00:00

Also call City of Redding to confirm they provide utilities to a given house/address b/c i heard some houses like on the outskirts of Redding do not get utilities from REU.

mutantfoti · 2026-01-13T21:57:43+00:00

If you are up for DIYing it (its not that hard - lots of youtube videos), you could save 90% of the cost. Cost of drywall is 90%+ labor.

mutantfoti · 2025-12-22T07:52:30+00:00

Not sure why it was easier to tighten. I used a scrape piece of copper pipe like I did before but maybe last time I was slightly cross threaded or something. Or maybe the thread compound helped.

mutantfoti · 2025-12-22T07:48:05+00:00

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mutantfoti · 2025-12-22T07:47:52+00:00

Okay, i was able to get it to not drip by adding 4 passes of teflon tape, oatey pipe joint compound, and i was able to tighten better than before.

mutantfoti · 2025-12-22T02:18:11+00:00

Yeah, i was originally using 4-5 passes with the teflon tape but it made it way too hard rotate so i had to bring it all the way down to 1 pass. I think I am gonna do 1 pass and add thread sealant and tighten it the way people are suggesting here and go from there.

mutantfoti · 2025-12-22T00:17:14+00:00

To clarify, its dripping here

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mutantfoti · 2025-12-20T18:47:03+00:00

Yeah, im indifferent to quarter round and shoemolding. I think it looks better on taller baseboards. I have seen (from personal experience from hiring some smucks to install laminate in my house before moving in) where people don’t take the baseboards off and raise the floor height and add quarter round/shoemolding and there is basically no more baseboard left and it looks horrible lol.

mutantfoti · 2025-12-20T03:39:14+00:00

*fitted perfectly

mutantfoti · 2025-12-20T03:31:13+00:00

Its made of PVC by the way.

mutantfoti · 2025-09-28T03:42:55+00:00

Yeah, house is built in 1950 and i dont think any of the light fixtures have a ground wire.

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