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Joys of Home Ownership

French door sill rots and takes out everything underneath

Door with rotted sill exposed
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Sub-flooring is gone
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Left side is somewhat better
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Rim joist of house is damaged
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View from the basement
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Rim joist destroyed
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Left extent of damage
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Right extent of damage
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Satellite cable entry
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Fairly good center section
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Taking up the oak flooring
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Sub-floor damage revealed
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Sub-floor outside left
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Sub-floor inside right
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Jacking to shore up door frame
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Sawing out the door frame plate
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The supervisor muses
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Supervisor lectures
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Inside view of floor joists
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Assistant is discouraged
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Jacking up the deck
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Cutting out the deck ledger and rim joist
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The enthusiastic home-owner
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Jacking up the roof to relieve beams
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Jack on the sill plate
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Under outside left bay window
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Outside left bay window - rim joist ok
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Outside left bay window - soaked sheathing
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Outside right bay window - rim joist damaged
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Outside right - Rim joist cantilevered on the sill plate
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Outside right - Removing the rim joist section and deck ledger
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Right-most segment of deck ledger removed
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Ready to repair joist ends
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Router guide
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Replacement corners
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Dowel in place
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Double dowels
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Doweling jig setup
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Corners attached
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The Happy room
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Jacking up the roof
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Right door frame beam removed
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Cutting out the bay window rim joist
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Bay window deck ledger joist removed
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Detail of bay window rim joist
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New corners in place
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Right bay window rim joist removed
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Cantelever joist under right bay window
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Right bay window before disassembly
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Sole plate removed on left door frame
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Sole plate area detail
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Straddle jack to support roof
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Cutting the new subfloor
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Installing new subfloor
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New subfloor in place
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Cutouts for ducts and wiring
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Rim joist exterior view (old door re-installed to keep out rain)
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You can never have enough beams
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It rains for three days
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Reconstructed left bay window rim joist
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New right bay window rim joist (black, behind bay ledger)
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Planing the sheathing
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Planing the sheathing 2
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Right bay window interior
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Left bay window sheathing and ledger
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Left bay sheathing in place
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Left bay ledger trial fit
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New left bay deck ledger
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Drywall repairs 1
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Dry wall repairs 2
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Drywall tools
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Garage Happy Room
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Yes Heron, I finally got a toolbelt
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The door crew toiling
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Installing gooey flashing
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More flashing 2
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Pastic J flashing before over-wrap
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Flashing completed
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Ready for door
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Unpacking door
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Door in place
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Exterior crew
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Shimming the door
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More shims
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It moves
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First walk-through
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Siding tools
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Installing siding
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More cutting
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Left bay siding complete
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Trial fit for door trim
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Priming
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Priming complete
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Painting detail right
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Painting detail left
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Making bay window under-furring
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Corner lap joint
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Under-furring in place
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Under-furring detail
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Bay window bottom - 1/2 inch treated plywood over insulation sheathing
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Bolting on the deck left
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Bolting on the deck right
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Bolts and hangers complete
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Exterior trim installed and painted
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Decking installed - All exterior work complete
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Interior stain and varnish
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Ready for flooring
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Check new pieces for fit
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Cutting tongue and groove on cut ends
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Outer strip requires a slight taper
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Grab bag of new flooring for repairs
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Mostly old flooring reinstalled
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New flooring in front of door
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Detail around hot air duct
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Center section
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All rows installed
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A poor substitute for a floor sander
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Several sightly different stains
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Match is now pretty good
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Pulling nails from old trim
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Capital in place
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Installing base cap on baseboard
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Extending short trim
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Extending short trim 2
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All interior trim installed
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Threshold detail 1
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Threshold detail 2
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Molding detail
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All nail holes filled. More varnish.
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Varnish complete
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Exterior with bug screen installed
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Foof installed. Project completed.
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