Happy New Year,
I am putting a new floor in my kitchen and ripped up the particleboard put down by the douchebag termite guy years ago. It looks like over by my sliding glass door I have some rot/wetness issues along the edge of the subfloor where it is "sandwiched" between the base plate of the wall (exterior wall) and the sill plate bolted to the foundation.
Problem is, it seems the base plate is putting a really heavy load on the subfloor, like it is load bearing. There is a loose piece there from a prior repair, and I can't even pull it out there is so much pressure.
What I'd "like" to do is take my sawzall and just cut the subfloor as close as I can to the base plate, then nail a 2x4 ledger along the plate, and use that to hang short joists for the replacement plywood. Make sense? Pictures below. The house has 1.128" plywood on top of 48" OC joists.
Looking for a recommendation on how to fix or if this looks good.. what would you do?
Thanks in advance!
I am putting a new floor in my kitchen and ripped up the particleboard put down by the douchebag termite guy years ago. It looks like over by my sliding glass door I have some rot/wetness issues along the edge of the subfloor where it is "sandwiched" between the base plate of the wall (exterior wall) and the sill plate bolted to the foundation.
Problem is, it seems the base plate is putting a really heavy load on the subfloor, like it is load bearing. There is a loose piece there from a prior repair, and I can't even pull it out there is so much pressure.
What I'd "like" to do is take my sawzall and just cut the subfloor as close as I can to the base plate, then nail a 2x4 ledger along the plate, and use that to hang short joists for the replacement plywood. Make sense? Pictures below. The house has 1.128" plywood on top of 48" OC joists.
Looking for a recommendation on how to fix or if this looks good.. what would you do?


Thanks in advance!