Demo Photos #2 - Week of 9 December

Week of Dec 9

Kitchen floor near bathtub - rot and damp - From the mid section of the kitchen, the floor sloped approximate 4 inches. When I purchased, there was 3-4 inches of thickset on which tile was mounted.

Bathroom - Every part of floor was rotted through; most sections with visible holes in subflooring missing/fallen.

Note that in all the rot and neglect, there are two new studs in the bathroom where previous owner had done electrical work to supply the refrigerator when it was moved there in the past.

There were 3 to four layers of flooring in the kitchen; it was creatively laid to give the feel of levelness (so it gradually was set on increasing layers of thinset).

Once again, note the new structures added to wall before I purchased.

In guest and back master bedroom, previous owner had applied a second layer of sheetrock to disguise first layer water damage. The water damage was never fixed, so in the first few rains during my living there, I started to see water stains seep in.

No only did ceilings have double layer of sheetrock in the bedrooms; The cellulose insulation in all ceilings and walls in the house was wet, mildewed, black in color; I later learned that all areas of the 'peel and stick' tar asphalt rolls used on roof all leaked. They water damaged was hidden by multiple layers of paint and Kiltz.

The only way to perform restoration is to make the full structure as visible to the eye as possible. There was, unfortunately rotted structural everywhere, especially in the outer perimeter of the house.

North east corner of livingroom- rotted due to gutter channeling into house outside front NE corner.

The walls in the nook (behind house number ceramic tiles) and studs under window had all unfortunately rotted away - this included most of the floor joists (ones that sat upon the concrete stem walls)

It's great to be able to observe the house with no interference - One can look up and spot sections of roof decking that have rotted away or that had been burned by application of roof 'hot torch' and tar... I'm surprised that the house did not catch fire and burn; around the full perimeter of house, most of the original decking look like it had been on fire and then put out with water (fire damage)