So I’m about to purchase my third property, which is 100 years old and mostly just a pint, floors, kitchen and bathrooms deal.
I had the inspection done, and we noticed that one of the exterior walls was very shaky when i push from the inside. There is drywall for, but that moves as well… It probably has an inch of give total when i push in the middle of it.
There is a window which moves with it.
My inspector said he couldn’t be 100% sure, but he thought it was barge board. He showed me a piece of it that he found under the house, and it’s 2.5 inch think, old barge material. He said it’s great wood for a lot of things, and was used in walls a while ago, but still couldn’t be sure that was the problem.
Anyone heard of this?
He said worst case scenario is that I have to reframe that walls, so either way no biggie. Just wondering what you guys think of it.