So I found a solution to the above situation. What I originally needed
was a pressure treated sill. Since I had already liquid-nailed the
sill down, I figured that my best bet was to somehow break the
liquidnail bond, and slide roofing paper, or sheet metal underneath.
Instead, at the suggestion of my father in law, I replaced the sill
with pressure treated lumber.
Fortunately for me, the insides of the wall were exposed. (This is my
workshop, after all.) So all that was required was to pull out the
screws attaching the 2x4s to the sill, and to knock the heck out of the
sill from the other side of the wall. The sheet rock on the outside of
the wall held the 2x4s in place quite nicely. It was kind of surreal,
to see all of these 2x4s seemingly hanging in mid air, with nothing to
support them.
Anyway, I was able to put a like-sized pressured treated 2x4 under each
wall, and reattach. The only casualties were the small holes at the
bottom of the sheetrock on the outside of the walls. These are easily
repaired.
Anyway, so thats the solution. A bit of a kloodge, I admit, but it was
better than ripping both walls down and starting from scratch.
- Todd
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