Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011

We completely removed the rotted walls behind the brick at the front of the house.  Then we built a new wall section and put it in place.  During all this the roof was supported by jacks.

It took a little persuasion to get the new wall in place:

It did fit.  A detail in that fitting was that Karen cut off the floor bolts that were rusted:

One of the problems with a house that has had a leaking roof for five years is that TERMITES have attacked the wet wood.  This means that all of the wood will have to be inspected and maybe as much as 20% replaced as well as the roof getting new roof boards and being completely re-roofed.  Termite damage: