Porch rim joist fixed
The repairs are complete to the rim joist and ledger board behind the porch floor. Now Dave just has to patch the floor and put our porch back together again.
Overall, the west side of the house was a pleasant surprise - although the stucco was very cracked and the wood was waterstained, it wasn't nearly as rotten as the rest of the house. Our guess is that the western exposure (which gets brutal sun during the summer) combined with the better grading (rim joist is about a foot out of the dirt here) allowed the walls to dry out better here than in the rest of the house.
Overall, the west side of the house was a pleasant surprise - although the stucco was very cracked and the wood was waterstained, it wasn't nearly as rotten as the rest of the house. Our guess is that the western exposure (which gets brutal sun during the summer) combined with the better grading (rim joist is about a foot out of the dirt here) allowed the walls to dry out better here than in the rest of the house.
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