Subfloor Rotted Under Wall

After cutting the notches for the pipes he positioned the new under wall subfloor piece to reach the floor joist scab and to leave enough room for the full sheet of plywood subflooring.

Subfloor rotted under wall. The water rotted the subfloor under the fridge and into the bedroom closet floor behind it. I m trying to replace some rotted subfloor in my guest bathroom. The damaged subfloor i m talking about is the old 1x10 floorboards laid diagonally over the floor joists and because of the termite damage the load bearing wall has crushed these floorboards completely in this small area in affect the wall and surrounding finish floor oak hardwoods has sunken about an inch. The only sure way to find out is to remove a section of the wallboard and check the wood behind.

Rotted subfloor under wall replacement question. Replacing the subfloor under a wall is not a beginner s do it yourself project especially if the wall in question is a load bearing wall. If you find mold growing the wood floor plates behind the wall are at risk of wood rot. That s because you ll need to shore up the wall to prevent it from collapsing while you remove the floor plate any rotten studs and the rotten subfloor itself.

It was badly water damaged. Hi i m having trouble finding exact information about replacing rotted subfloor underneath an exterior wall. For some reason i was expecting there to be an extra wide rim joist on the outside wall and that the floor would end right next to the bottom plate for the exterior wall. This is where my question comes.

Rotten subfloor under bathtub and plumbing wall after discovering a rocking toilet and ripping up the tile particle board underlayment i discovered that the rot around the toilet was the least of my problems. Chad positioned the subfloor plywood to go under the wall so he could lay out notches for the pipes in the wall. The subfloor is a single sheet that goes under the wall from the kitchen to the bedroom closet. I cut out both sections for the subfloor and knocked off the rotted pieces that were still connected to the bottom of the wall.