Now, with all the work exposed, we can see just how bad they built this room addition...
Vent pipes are so large that most of the 2x6 studs were only holding small amounts of material after they cut channels for the pipe. The cross vent pipe is too low (must be 6" above the tallest fixture). Also, there is NO venting for the back bathroom that this bath tub shares a wall with...
No green board used anywhere in the bathroom. We found mold all over the tub surround where the wall met the fiberglass...
Looks like I'll be replacing the toilet mounting ring!!
The sole plate where the mold was the worst looks to have been rotted away through decades of leaking pipes and what appear to be termites!!
A view from the other side of that corner shows the fact that the sole plate is actually a 2x4 while the studs are 2x6! Nice!!
Here's some real special wiring work found behind the kitchen cabinets!!
The real surprise was finding the mold in TWO parts of this wet wall...
God only knows how much our health has been affected by this stuff festering in the walls for the 8 years we've lived here so far!
Here's the corner where the roof has been leaking in...
You can see the rusty gas pipe and the holes in the original stucco where they pounded nails in to hold up cheap exterior wall board...
Now here's that same corner from the outside...
I'm considering my options for a repair at this point considering this will not be the permanent roof for long... Maybe I'll just dump a barrel of tar here and let it do it's magic!
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Vent pipes are so large that most of the 2x6 studs were only holding small amounts of material after they cut channels for the pipe. The cross vent pipe is too low (must be 6" above the tallest fixture). Also, there is NO venting for the back bathroom that this bath tub shares a wall with...

No green board used anywhere in the bathroom. We found mold all over the tub surround where the wall met the fiberglass...

Looks like I'll be replacing the toilet mounting ring!!

The sole plate where the mold was the worst looks to have been rotted away through decades of leaking pipes and what appear to be termites!!

A view from the other side of that corner shows the fact that the sole plate is actually a 2x4 while the studs are 2x6! Nice!!

Here's some real special wiring work found behind the kitchen cabinets!!
The real surprise was finding the mold in TWO parts of this wet wall...

God only knows how much our health has been affected by this stuff festering in the walls for the 8 years we've lived here so far!

Here's the corner where the roof has been leaking in...

You can see the rusty gas pipe and the holes in the original stucco where they pounded nails in to hold up cheap exterior wall board...
Now here's that same corner from the outside...

I'm considering my options for a repair at this point considering this will not be the permanent roof for long... Maybe I'll just dump a barrel of tar here and let it do it's magic!
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