Tuesday, September 9, 2008


Home had some dirt on the floor, so I did a little poking and discovered that termites had destroyed part of the framing of the home.


The damage went all the way up to the top plates of the wall, but most of it was concetrated on the corner studs of the wall.






I cut out all the damaged wood, then rebuilt the wall with new lumber. I used Presure Treated wood for the sill plate and bolted it into the concrete foundation. Where there was minimal damage, I attached additional lumber to the existing wall studs to give them added strength.




The old insulation was thrown away and new insulation was installed.






The new sheetrock was feathered and textured to match the existing walls.