Photo 285 of 410, Defective House

We knew the rim joist behind the porch floor ledger board was rotten - we could see it from the basement and from the outside below the french doors. After mulling over various options which included completely taking up and relaying the whole porch floor, we decided to attempt to cut out 8" or so of floorboards closest to the house. We are hoping Dave can patch this with boards running lengthwise (parallel to the house) so it looks like a border. If it doesn't look good, we'll have to replace the whole floor, which gets into big $$. Dave will have to do something funky to support the floor here, since the joists run parallel to this cut, but I'm sure he'll be able to make it look good - he does work miracles, after all!

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Part B - the porch floor We knew the rim joist behind the porch floor ledger board was rotten - we could see it from the basement and from the outside below the french doors. After mulling over various options which included completely taking up and relaying the whole porch floor, we decided to attempt to cut out 8" or so of floorboards closest to the house. We are hoping Dave can patch this with boards running lengthwise (parallel to the house) so it looks like a border. If it doesn't look good, we'll have to replace the whole floor, which gets into big $$. Dave will have to do something funky to support the floor here, since the joists run parallel to this cut, but I'm sure he'll be able to make it look good - he does work miracles, after all! Add Comment (0 total)
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