Obviously you need to find and fix the water intrusion first. There may be more than one leak so don't declare victory to soon.
Also the sill plate looks like it needs to be replaced, preferably with pressure-treated lumber. The sill plate is the piece of wood that lies flat on the foundation (and is normally bolted to the foundation) that supports the ends of the joists. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 3:53 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fixing floors > > Ok so I just got out from under the house again. You guys are right, we do have > water getting in somewhere as the store wall is now damp as is the wood area. > I was going to try to add a piece of plywood between the outer header board > and the first joist but there is not enough room plus there is not anything to > mount it to, it's too rotted. In that section the joists are only 3 feet long from > the outer header plate to where the tie into a main support running the > opposite direction. So pulling the tile up and cutting out the floor then > replacing those 3 ft sections all the way across that section is going to be the > way too go, and should not be too difficult but just nasty. It's just going to be > figuring out the tile that will be the deal. Probably means completely replacing > all the tile in the entire kitchen/formal dining area. > > I need to figure out where the water is getting in. The front window is a little > ways away from the area and it doesn't seem like it would let that much water > in but maybe it's getting in there and running across to this area. It does look > like it needs to be caulked again around the frames. I took some more photos > for points of reference. The corner in question is a corner that is between 2 > sets of windows on walls that are 90 degrees to the wall in question. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
