I plan to take a stuctural engineer through as many of you suggested. Being an Electrical Engineer I know when something structurally does not look quite right, but I am also smart enough to know when to ask for another opinion from the respected discipline. Thanks again for all of your input.
Thanks everyone on the information! Every cut in the rim joist exceeded the depth and length of cut allowed on that PDF Woodman88. Thanks this helped considerably and yes I have taken numerous photos to date and plan to meet with the builder again tomorrow to have them fix this.
@ToadJones - I...
Sorry let me see if I can clarify the terminology I used.
-End Joist - On top of the sill plate what I thought was called the "end joist" a 2"x12" board set vertically on it's side that runs all the way around the house towards the exterior of the house's sill plate. The floor joist butts to...
I am having a new house built and I did a walk through the other day. I was amazed at what I discovered. There were huge notches cut into the end joist of the house right abouve the seal plate. Some of these notches were right on the bearing corner and also in the center of the end joist. One...
