Hello fellow Tarheel trailblazers need some input I have 4 to 6 feet of sill replacement needed on a 1985 home any recommendations on somebody local need to get this done fairly quickly thank you Aaron ping me or post here.

First off, what happened? 

If you post some pictures, it will be easier to determine who would be the best to do the work.

Sometimes it doesn't make much sense to pay a contractor or a full fledged construction company to hire a carpenter or a handyman for you. 

Or if you are handy, you may be able to do the work yourself with some basic tools.

Ok, I think your talking a band joist and possibly the sill plate.

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Yes, you want to make this repair from the outside. You can remove the band joist and the sill plate by cutting it in numerous place along the length of the damage with a circular saw and a sawzall, then using a crow bar and a pry bar to pull the pieces out. 

Use your square to make square cuts on the ends where you have good wood. And you should use a Simpson plate to join the repair to the original band joist in the crawl space since you wont be able to sister it together. This isn't necessary on the sill plate. 

It's possible you may need an engineers letter on this since it is structural and sounds like you are planning on selling it. If this is necessary, do this before you make the repair. He will spell out exactly what needs to be done and the connections that are required. If a contractor does this for you, expect to pay him too for making the phone call and giving the engineer the tour.

Sounds like you already have the joists and floor supported from the crawl space. You only have to jack it up enough to get the sill plate out or beat it into the crawl space with a cold chisel.

If we're talking about a single band joist, reattaching the joists is the easy part. But mark the new band joist with the joist locations before placement.

To post pics, surround the link with [img*]link[/img*]. Get rid of the asterisk.

There is no sill plate on top of the masonry?

It sound like the 2x10 material maybe kiln dried lumber in contact with masonry.

In that case I would fix it the same way it was constructed. It should last another 29 years. ))

I think I would spring for the few hundred bucks it would take for an engineer to document the damage and recommend repairs. Again, you may not have a choice in the matter. If you hire a contractor or attempt repairs without consulting one, it's possible you may end up having to do it again or you can't sell the house.