Wet Rot (1 comment)
Over the years, we've found plenty of evidence that our house's former owners liked to do handyman work but weren't very good at it. We're presently in the process of renovating our living room, so we're getting more and more looks at things that had been hidden. Yesterday brought us the biggest surprise yet:
This is part of an extension to the house's original construction, and we'd found (and fixed) water damage to the ceiling on the other side of the room. This damage was hidden inside the wall framing, so we didn't see any evidence that it had been a problem. We did take note of the awkwardly-placed 2x4 suggesting the problem had already been identified and addressed... and left in a "fixed" state.
It wasn't tough to come up with a functional jack using what we had on hand:
And now, everything is better:







