Kitchen floor fix

Finished up yesterday.
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I’m happy. Before the tile would give when you walked in the area I found the rot. Now it’s solid.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Very nice.
What was the end story with the joists?
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The tops section of a couple are soft. I can still sister to them if the carpenter decides that is best. I am satisfied they are solid. The floor was flexing and now it doesn't. Probably Not the right thing to do but I'm done with this house and this carpenter and until the MIL can get in this house and sell hers we are running out of budget...
 
Spent some time Friday pulling up osb underlayment.
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Before the kitchen was about 1” to 1.5” higher with the tile. Now just 3/4” roughly. Plan is to sheet the room next to it which is below the level of the rest of the house.
 
Had a great day wheeling yesterday. Carpenter went to Florida and didn’t meet the wife at the house. Laying more sub floor.
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So there was a hole next to the crawl space access. When I dug the support I fill it with dirt. Yesterday I noticed it was back. WTF? So I did some exploratory digging. Thought we had a busted pipe. Found this. It’s about 4’ x 6’.
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Any idea what it is?
 
tknopp said:
Is it the top of your septic tank?
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. We had a tank pumped and they said it’s on the opposite side of the house. This one has a hole in the side where the water is.
 
ghost said:
. We had a tank pumped and they said it’s on the opposite side of the house. This one has a hole in the side where the water is.
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Stick your head in and smell it. Report back.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Stick your head in and smell it. Report back.
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. I would think I’d smell shit if it was a septic tank. On closer inspection it looks to be brick with a metal/concrete cover.
 
That could be the first/earlier septic tank. That one might have been abandoned and the newer one put in a different spot to save money.

If it's brick, it might actually be a cesspool. Those were common in New England at one time, at least from what I remember growing up. Buy old house, randomly collapse cesspool that you didn't know existed. How old is the house, if it's got a brick tank and plank subfloor?
 
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Seems awful close to the house for a septic tank.
Wonder if it was a dry well?
Can you see all tbe way around the cap?

Any chance it was an old dredge pump hole?
 
We don’t know the age. We know it was remodeled about 1969. The house had full 2”x8” floor joist. So it pre dates dimensional lumber I was told. Finished the sub floor and did some more digging. Confirmed it has brick walls.
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Uncovered a whole side. It’s clearly brick tank with a steel and poured concrete cover. It also has round rebar like sticking out of the top.
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If you are curious enough to put in the time, talk to the county. They can at least tell you the year the house was built (unless its really really old) and may have recirds of any sewer related install.
 
rockcity said:
Please tell me you didn’t cover up that nice red oak hardwood flooring with plywood...
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We actually had to remove some of the oak in one of the bedrooms. It had a disaster under it that had to be fixed. The wood in the den area is pine actually. Yes it was layed over in prep for the whole house getting vinyl plank flooring. Remember not mine....
 
Plumber said he’s seen old houses in Camden with a separate tank for the kitchen sink.
 
That looks like an old grease trap. My house (built in 1977) has a separate grease trap for the kitchen also.
 
sam24th said:
That looks like an old grease trap. My house (built in 1977) has a separate grease trap for the kitchen also.
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That is what I initially thought. But after researching I found out they were in front of the septic systems. This one is on it's on. Regardless plumber said I could fill it in.... With all the rain it's currently full of water.
 
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