Rotten studs and sheathing

[Donald]

Looking at sheathing behind a poorly designed outlet the carpenter found rotten studs and sheathing from a roof leak I was totally unaware of.

They are going to put new studs next to rotten studs.

I'd prefer to rip out any rotten wood and then replace the studs.

Or am I being too anal.

 

[Pablo]

Really not good practice to leave any rotten wood! No you are not being too anal

 

[Warstud]

I'd remove them . Carpenter Ants would have a feast if they ever found that

 

[ripcord]

My old college roommate used to bathroom renovations to pay for school and would use Copper Naphthenate or "green wash" on framing members that he wasn't replacing but had been wet (but not rotten). This would prevent continued mold and insect damage. Definitely get all the old rotten wood out you possibly can, though.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Copper-Green-1-gal-Wood-Preservative-Copper1/100203025

 

[eljefino]

Probably didn't want to monkey with the sheetrock on the other side. Then you have to match paint and trim... on and on it goes.

 

[Kira]

That photo is eye twisting.
We're 3-D people for the most part......Got Drawing?

 

[Donald]

I asked Allstate if damage caused by roof leak would be covered. No definite answer but most likely not as it had been going on for awhile. Thanks for nothing.

Allstate raised my rates by $500 for no reason. No claims and I am not in a hurricane or fire area like Florida or Calif. I was already getting quotes to switch.

 

[Donald]

That photo is eye twisting.
We're 3-D people for the most part......Got Drawing?

What you see is red scaffolding so stucco guys can work on second story stucco. Unrelated.

And the wall was a stone veneer wall. The stone was removed exposing rotten sheathing and studs.

 

[Pablo]

I asked Allstate if damage caused by roof leak would be covered. No definite answer but most likely not as it had been going on for awhile. Thanks for nothing.

Allstate raised my rates by $500 for no reason. No claims and I am not in a hurricane or fire area like Florida or Calif. I was already getting quotes to switch.

Yeah, get a quote, but maybe halt the current work and tear it out and re-do. Sucks man, wish I could help

Is that a load bearing, I'm guessing yes exterior wall. But the location picture - please take some more shots from further back and inside (How to brace and replace - one stud at a time)

Are there romex, plumbing?

 

[snarl]

Find and fix the leak first if it's still active. If the bottom wall plate is not rotten you could reframe. Taking out the bad studs means redoing the interior also.

 

[alarmguy]

Any sign of insects? When you say rotted wood are you sure there are no termites?
If not I would not be too concerned as it's obivious this has been ongoing over a long period of time.
Either way I would mix up a batch of this stuff as soak the wall and ground level of that wall.

I use this as a general spray for various things, including foundation treatment as a preventive. If you have a sprayer a gallon is an economical size, as you can use it for general bug control too. I personally have found this company reputable and fast shipping. Not that it means much I guess, if you can find better pricing. Just make sure the active ingredient is the same high percentage vs stuff like premixed. It only takes about 1 to 2 oz per gallon of water. Just read instructions.
https://www.domyown.com/bifen-it-p-226.html

If termite damage I would strongly consider this.
https://www.domyown.com/termidor-sc-p-184.html

Im not an expert, in many decades of owning homes (and as a young adult late teenager working in a garden center.
I do my own treatment/preventive, When selling our past homes, no inspector ever found a trace of termites or other damaging insects.

Once again, a HUGELY profitable industry was built on subtracting money from peoples paychecks and that is monthly pest control contracts because people dont want to bother.

 

[Donald]

The carpenter is going to cut away Sheetrock, remove all the rotted studs. Then replace the studs and insulate. And fix the Sheetrock.

We have just had a new roof installed, step flashing was 2" and now it's 5" and there is ice & snow underlayment as kind of counter flashing on top of step flashing. Then EIFS was redone over the step flashing.

 

[Donald]

Well a few thousand dollars latter and it all repaired. Except the stone veneer that another company will put back on the wall.

50¢ of step flashing not installed properly.

 

[ripcord]

Back when I was a young buck and installing roofs, I had a boss who would pay us to do post completion inspections on each others jobs. When we found something, we got to raz each other at the Friday meetup and guy who screwed up had to go fix it on his day off.