Originally posted by HayZee518
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As things stand, the contractor the seller hired removed that 4x4 in the picture and put in a lally column in its place. He claims the footing is up to code.
However, we of course don't want to have a main beam with rot on it so we're trying to convince the seller to do the work we want - jack up the floor, cut the beam up to the first pre-existing lally column, and replace that section. I talked to the contractor myself and he actually gave the seller a quote to do that work but I think the seller opted for the cheaper option.
Thank you for affirming our understanding of what should be done. I don't think they'll fix it the way we want them to, but we know people that can so I guess we'll just do it ourselves.
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