...dry rot removal, 101

it's always fun to open boxes...
but when it's been so long that you can't remember what's in it...
it's good to have been anal enough to have labeled them...
so here we have the new toilet, out of the shipping boxes...
[they needed to measure them...]

and here...[now reclining on the sofa...]



is the new medicine chest [also fits perfectly...]
and the new toilet seat...

here...



the brain trust : the general, tile cont. & R, the "tile wizard"...
[and dry rot removal specialist...]

this morning's number one project...

dry rot removal...



opening up the floor revealed an ancient ladder...
stored forever under the house in the crawl space...



here's a "blow-up" of said ladder...
& NO...I'm not removing it...
it's part of the crawl space now...
[it's probably no good anyway...]

there's more than enough dry rot to deal with...



he worked on the floor and support beams first...



cutting out a bunch of crap...
then on to the wall...



this is dry rot...there's NO sign of termites...



he would tap on the pieces of wood in question...
if they "rang", they were good...
if the sound was "thuddy" or mushy sounding...
they weren't...

oh.. and the dark wet color was a "give away" too...
that, or the feathery yellowish look...



the pile of dry rot wood & creeper vines grew...
[it grows everywhere...]



the "sawsall" made short work of the rotten wood & nails...



here's part of the wall...
dry rot free...



a bit lower on the wall & where the floor was...
rotten plumbing gone too...



the floor and support beams, now dry rot free...



here's a close up of part of the culprit...
of all that dry rot...
the broken toilet collar...
[as well as the old shower plumbing...]

I'm really glad that we're doing this now...
before it became the entire wall and floor...

next episode...dry rot repair...!

join me again for more thrilling pictures...
and exciting "bathroom" humor...