Picture of decaying house in Illinois. Note the regularly space yellow circles (they are also near the upper eave line). What is that about? Something to do with bringing down the house?
They look like plugs used after blowing in insulation … except there’s not enough … perhaps the building is old enough to have 30" o/c studs … none on the top floor though …
Somebody is restoring the house. There’s a new beam and floor joists installed. Fixing structure is always the first step in a house that is this bad.
I wonder if the exterminator is trying to kill rats in the walls? Drilling into them to place poison?
Or maybe it is blown insulation. They should be drilling holes at the top and bottom of the wall cavity.
Yeah, that house did not appear to be on a path to renovation.
I guess it could be somebody’s project. The door on the front looks basically brand new. But holy crap, that looks to me like taking a thousand dollar stack of old fire wood to put half a million into it to make it livable. Do people actually do that? I think the idea of it is going to give me nightmares.
Yeah, that doesn’t look like where I’d start with that place.
I think if they were doing a restoration, they would rip off that siding first.
Maybe a rodenticide or an insecticide. But why?
What is the location eschereal ? Middle of the woods?
What am I missing here … paint job … mow the weeds … that’d rent for $2,000 a month if it was near Chicago …
They are on the top floor. Look again. I think they are insulation plugs. A friend of mine had his house done for free through some federal program back around '79 or '80. If this house was done around the same time, it’s been quite long enough to deteriorate into the shape it’s in.
I think they are the studs … Its marking them… eg “replace these ones”.
Of course I don’t know why… whether they are being protected, or being replaced.
I suspect its for replacement of the weatherboards (cladding). It means that someone cutting timbers on the ground can know where to cut to .
It might be the start… the general starting point is to rain proof the place, and this exposed lean to section may be the worst built … the windows seem horrible… and might even be unsafe.
It is on the main drag in a tiny berg in west central Illinois. There are homes on either side of it, so it is not out in the muskeg.
When I look at the plugs/caps/markers, whatever they are, I can see that they do not line up with studs, which are visible (evident) in a few places.
I don’t think they’re plugs - you can see them on the lintol over the window, and solid bits of wood are usually not insulated.
Apart from that I’ve got nothing. Maybe datum points?
The plugs used for retro-fitting insulation should be between the studs … as they are in the photo … is it within commuting distance of Greater Metropolitan Keokuk? …
You’re assuming there’s a header there … notice the jacks line up with the trimmers … I remember well the dumb look I got from the county clerk across The Big Muddy when I asked about building codes in the mid '80’s … “We don’t have building codes, just be safe okay?” …
Is 100 miles commuting distance? I was hearing a few years ago that Taos was in commuting distance of LA, fwiw.
I do see that the dots appear to be near the top of framing spaces, so blow-in insulation is looking like a good guess.
Oh you bet … 100 miles would be a bedroom community by California standards … ah, but this is Western Illinois … the town has nothing but an elevator serving the local 100 sq miles of corn field … still think a paint job and the place could be rented … it IS insulated after all …