When you get into an extensive remodel on a house that is over 120 years old you know you are going to encounter some rotten structural items. We are combining an old hallway and living room into a new breakfast/sitting area that will be common to the kitchen. This area used to be the exterior L shaped porch of the original house. Someone had come along many years ago and enclosed it as a heated space. A cast iron plumbing drain pipe had been enclosed in a plaster wall and had also been partially replaced with PVC. The fitting did not hold and what we found during the demo was sever rot damage due to the leaking of the pipe, probably over the course of 20 years or so. There is a lot of weight bearing down on this area from the upper floor and roof system so it has to be addressed before we continue on. We will replace the rotten beams with new engineered lumber that will be supported by new piers and footings. Not a huge issue for our skilled framing crew to fix, but it will add some extra expense to the job.
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