On 8/19/2019 7:28 AM, TimR wrote:
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 12:21:14 AM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
On 8/17/2019 7:24 PM, TimR wrote:
I got my shed reroofed this summer. The roofer replaced some rotted sheathing on the roof and side. I don't do roofs, at my age my balance isn't reliable.

Now I see the bottom plate is rotted on a couple of sides. We had the rainiest fall in history, and I had a roof leak in that area.

What is the method to replace that? Or is there a work around? It looks like to replace it I'd have to jack the top plate, cut studs, and insert a new bottom? Or is there a better way? This is one I've never worked on.


When I did it in my 80 yo shop, I just jacked up the wall slightly with
a 4x4 spreading out the force over the stretch of wall, cut or pulled
the nails holding the studs to the baseboard, removed the baseboard and
replaced it with pressure treated wood, then nailed the studs to that.

I did some googling. They say support the rafters with a cross
member and some studs, cut the studs to the sill plate wherever
they've rotted, dig out the old plate and insert a new one. It will
be a lot of work but I should be able to handle this.

Did a full half of the north side of the 38x66 two story barn (38 ft to
top of mow ridge) and the full west end -- a storage shed would be
"piece o'cake".
Use a long 4x4(*) against the rafters at the top plate and jack it up
(remember to take off the plate tiedown bolts first ). Just pull out
the bad section of plate and replace it. Depending upon how badly
rotted out it really is, cut any bad studs back to solid material, fit a
new piece in and add a cripple for support. Set back down.

(*) Used a 6x8 beam for the barn, but it was much bigger/heavier
structure. We lifted it in sections of about 12-16 ft at a time,
blocking behind us as we went. For a shed, be able to do it all at once
if have more than one jack on hand.

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