The part of the house with the master bedroom and sunroom was an addition (not sure when it was added). Due to a deteriorating flue cap on the roof, water collected in the crawlspace and caused fungus to grow on the wood. This fungus destroyed the wood it came in contact with and made that part of the house very unsafe. This wood is so brittle that simply tapping the wood causes it to crumble. The inspector said the subflooring in this part of the house is so deteriorated that if left unrepaired, will just collapse one day (with everything on it dropping to the dirt under the house - sounds like fun!).
This picture shows the room before any work began. Those things on the wall are light fixtures - not my style, so those will probably be replaced.
This pictures shows this room after the carpet was removed and a hole cut into the floor to check the extent of the damage.
This picture shows the room after a half of the floor was removed to expose the support framing.
This is a close up of the beams. This is what wood-eating fungus looks like.
Overhead view of the damaged framing.
Unfortunately, no work has been going on at the house for the last week (Justin has been doing some work in the evenings, but the contractor hasn't been working). We are unhappy about some issues with the contractor we hired, so we're evaluating the situation and hope work resumes soon. We were hoping all of this work would have been completed by Thanksgiving, but that is definitely not possible.
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