The sunny side takes a toll, Certainly, it's a terribly raw basement on the inside but then it would've rotted from the inside, not the outside.. if it is decay, that is.
Anyway, what do I do? how do I do it? What can you tell from what you see?
Image 1. Red lines drawn to clarify that there are 3 "beams"
Image 2. Zoomed in on the left side. According to one person, I need to paint again, huh...
Image 3. Zoomed in on the middle part, which is most affected.
Anyway, what do I do? how do I do it? What can you tell from what you see?
Image 1. Red lines drawn to clarify that there are 3 "beams"
Image 2. Zoomed in on the left side. According to one person, I need to paint again, huh...
Image 3. Zoomed in on the middle part, which is most affected.
Ugh, that doesn't look like a promising project to tackle.
# Now, I'm far from an expert, but I would at least start by identifying all the wood that appears to be in bad condition. From the looks of the pictures, there seems to be quite a lot. Based on the pictures, I would guess that much of the paneling and probably some other wood as well will go straight into the container here. I would probably try to see if anything, and if so, what is damaged inside the wall itself. Given how rundown it appears to be, I would personally want to take a look at the standing studs in the wall.
Spontaneously, it feels like there might be a lot of wood in the wall that needs to be replaced. It's hard to say from the pictures, but it doesn't look promising. Is the rest of the paneling equally deteriorated?
From the picture, I guess it's a fairly old house? Is it a 1, 1 and 1/2, or two-story house?
# Once I located all the bad wood, I would try to find out what went wrong and why the damage occurred. Come up with measures that would prevent the same damage from happening again.
One issue I believe I see is at least that they've installed (hard to see from the pictures if it's an extra strip or if it's actually the sill that "extends out") a strip at the bottom of the paneling, which has basically just collected rainwater and directed it towards the sill and wall. Seems somewhat idiotic to me, actually. The end of the paneling should have extended past the sill (I guess you call it the sill, someone correct me if I'm wrong) and down so the rainwater dripped directly onto the ground and drained away, instead of seeping into the sill and wall. It does appear to be sloped for runoff, but I still wouldn't want it there, water has a tendency to seep into everywhere you don't want it
Is there even any paper between the sill and the foundation? Also hard to see from the pictures.
I would probably say that this could become a rather extensive undertaking, which might require quite a bit of work to fix. Someone more familiar with house constructions might be able to add some information.
Just painting is probably not an option here hehe.
# Now, I'm far from an expert, but I would at least start by identifying all the wood that appears to be in bad condition. From the looks of the pictures, there seems to be quite a lot. Based on the pictures, I would guess that much of the paneling and probably some other wood as well will go straight into the container here. I would probably try to see if anything, and if so, what is damaged inside the wall itself. Given how rundown it appears to be, I would personally want to take a look at the standing studs in the wall.
Spontaneously, it feels like there might be a lot of wood in the wall that needs to be replaced. It's hard to say from the pictures, but it doesn't look promising. Is the rest of the paneling equally deteriorated?
From the picture, I guess it's a fairly old house? Is it a 1, 1 and 1/2, or two-story house?
# Once I located all the bad wood, I would try to find out what went wrong and why the damage occurred. Come up with measures that would prevent the same damage from happening again.
One issue I believe I see is at least that they've installed (hard to see from the pictures if it's an extra strip or if it's actually the sill that "extends out") a strip at the bottom of the paneling, which has basically just collected rainwater and directed it towards the sill and wall. Seems somewhat idiotic to me, actually. The end of the paneling should have extended past the sill (I guess you call it the sill, someone correct me if I'm wrong) and down so the rainwater dripped directly onto the ground and drained away, instead of seeping into the sill and wall. It does appear to be sloped for runoff, but I still wouldn't want it there, water has a tendency to seep into everywhere you don't want it
Is there even any paper between the sill and the foundation? Also hard to see from the pictures.
I would probably say that this could become a rather extensive undertaking, which might require quite a bit of work to fix. Someone more familiar with house constructions might be able to add some information.
Just painting is probably not an option here hehe.
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1. Don't know what Syll is
2. Inside the small cellar+potato cellar, it's clear that the drainage doesn't work, if there even is any. There's a wooden shelf for the potatoes that has rotted away, as has a frame; I've shown before a hole in the floor that's always filled with water and yes, it's visible on the outer walls too. Funnily enough, the wood in the ceiling is fine.
- I ponder a bit why it's just in the middle and not the whole area, maybe because there are no windows in the middle to help repel falling rain, or perhaps because the enormous hydrofor water tank stands roughly there - though not against the wall...
3. The panel is all good if you go higher up on the house, it's just down there and in the middle.
4. Borderline if it should be seen as 1½ or 2 I would say.
5. Old yes, probably from the 20-30s, solidly built, timber tjohejsan, the neighbor said these can withstand meteorite impacts. hehe
6. and yes, the least that could have been done after replacing wood is to have placed sheet metal along that "drip edge" instead, or removed that edge entirely.... because as I said, I see no damage from the inside, though, I actually look under the beam now that I think about it...
- I don't think the damage is any greater than that, just need to replace the bad parts there and prevent better... although, some wind panels and such also have wood damage, but it doesn't feel like it's for the same reason.
There have been talks before that maybe the house should be torn down, but I think it's fresh inside, just need to replace those in the picture, drain, and splash on some more fun colors so...*optimist*
blah blah blah..
Once the wood has started to go bad - does the process go quickly then or do I have a few years, I wonder? Nothing noticeable indoors yet at least.
The wood on all building peaks in that direction are worn it should be added, must renovate my garage and warehouse etc. too. sunny side...
2. Inside the small cellar+potato cellar, it's clear that the drainage doesn't work, if there even is any. There's a wooden shelf for the potatoes that has rotted away, as has a frame; I've shown before a hole in the floor that's always filled with water and yes, it's visible on the outer walls too. Funnily enough, the wood in the ceiling is fine.
- I ponder a bit why it's just in the middle and not the whole area, maybe because there are no windows in the middle to help repel falling rain, or perhaps because the enormous hydrofor water tank stands roughly there - though not against the wall...
3. The panel is all good if you go higher up on the house, it's just down there and in the middle.
4. Borderline if it should be seen as 1½ or 2 I would say.
5. Old yes, probably from the 20-30s, solidly built, timber tjohejsan, the neighbor said these can withstand meteorite impacts. hehe
6. and yes, the least that could have been done after replacing wood is to have placed sheet metal along that "drip edge" instead, or removed that edge entirely.... because as I said, I see no damage from the inside, though, I actually look under the beam now that I think about it...
- I don't think the damage is any greater than that, just need to replace the bad parts there and prevent better... although, some wind panels and such also have wood damage, but it doesn't feel like it's for the same reason.
There have been talks before that maybe the house should be torn down, but I think it's fresh inside, just need to replace those in the picture, drain, and splash on some more fun colors so...*optimist*
blah blah blah..
Once the wood has started to go bad - does the process go quickly then or do I have a few years, I wonder? Nothing noticeable indoors yet at least.
The wood on all building peaks in that direction are worn it should be added, must renovate my garage and warehouse etc. too. sunny side...
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