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Originally Posted by lodstudios@gmail  Anyone have any thoughts suggestions?!  |
Since you have 4" clapboard as your exterior finish, you'll never be able to completely
seal out the sound on those walls, it's also a good idea to add rigidity to the structure.
Two things I would do on the exterior walls. 1) Make sure they are retrofitted to the
slab, with anchor bolts -if not already. 2) Shear-wall the structure with 1/2" OSB.
This being Earth Quake country, if you don't, you'll wish you had after the next good
shake. Another thing you can do is insulate of course, but before you install the OSB
cover the walls with DuPont™ Tyvek® HomeWrap®. It should go on the outside but I
don't think you want to re-clapboard the structure.
There are a few things you can do with the crack. Leave it alone. Cut it out and repure
it (this maybe a waste of time). Or clean out as much of the dirt and crap out of the
gap, an fill it with a flexible material like SikaFlex.
There is a White Cap Construction Supply in San Diego, tell them what's going on and
they can give you some real options with the slab.