The case of the cripple wall. Pt. 2

After the demo was completed. I was able to talk a look and to my surprise there was not as much damage as I thought. The majority of the framing of the in that area was not rotten. The only wood that needed urgent attention was the last joist in the corner. The other wooden joists (uprights) were not rotten.

Our good fortune was due to the fact that my brother an I turned the water off and stopped the dripping before we closed escrow. The California Indian summer in the bay area made for fast drying wood, but there was still some damage left over.

The here is what we did:





Inserted a Sister joists next to the stud in question.














Removed the Rotten Stud.











Replaced the rotten stud with a new pressure treated wood.
( The pressure treated wood is not necessary but I had a piece laying around.)







That was about it. Due to some of the faulty work that was done in the past there is some additional work that has to be done. This will be scheduled for summer of 2010 when the second phase of this project begins. However this did take care of the the water damaged upright. There is however the root of the problem that still remains... the leak that caused the damage.