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Plywood Garage Research Paper

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The plywood siding bottom by the base plate of the wood frame on the west, east and south side of the garage is completely rotted and is separated from the base plate. Furthermore, some of the wooden studs are also damaged by termites. On the west side, the wood frame around the small wooden door, and the door itself, is rotted and termite damaged. The soffit over the small door is also severely rotted. In addition, all the wall studs on the south side wall are completely destroyed by termites. These studs on the south wall have no load bearing capacity and are a major cause of the structural failure of the garage. Regardless of any wind event, it is only a matter of time before the garage structure would collapse due to the termite damage

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