We dove into the compression block repair yesterday on our 1990. One of the previous owners did a band-aid repair by glassing in what looks like a wall to hold up the post. it was failing, so it was time to remove it. the first cut was to open up a window to see what is going on on the other side and what was found was about 5 pounds of rotted wood to the point of being mud. It was incredible... There was literally nothing holding up the compression post and i wouldn't have gone out on the water once had i known its actual condition.
I should mention, before i made the purchase i had a survey and the yard both look at this block, and they both said it was fine. My distrust of the "experts" continues to be affirmed..
At this point we have all of the original block plus the repair removed.. which included pounds and pounds of thickened epoxy.. i'll report back on the build up of the new block.. just wanted to share what i found so far..
I should mention, before i made the purchase i had a survey and the yard both look at this block, and they both said it was fine. My distrust of the "experts" continues to be affirmed..
At this point we have all of the original block plus the repair removed.. which included pounds and pounds of thickened epoxy.. i'll report back on the build up of the new block.. just wanted to share what i found so far..
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