silly question

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Originally Posted by Harrison Cheung

Hi all,

I have a silly question. Why do we put a sill to connect the top of the foundation to the wood floor system? What happen if no sill, the joist will get rotted very easy? But sill will get rotted too. What is the main function?

Harrison

No questions are silly.
Anchorage, engineering, structural, all play a roll in your question.
How would you anchor earth quake straps , how would you anchor the landing.
If everything moved independently the home would be a house of independent structures moving away from or into one another.
Systems and structure must be anchored together to avoid safety concerns and financial loss.

[David M. Shank]

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