Monday, 19 Jul 2010
There is dry rot on the facia over the garage, the column in the front, the exterior stairs to the master bedroom, and the eaves of the pool house. It isn’t going to fix itself.
Turns out that all three columns were decorative, with one hiding a structural 4x4 that holds up the roof covering the entrance way. That 4x4 was about 1/3 rotted through at the base! The ugly columns are gone. We think the 4x4 support (once it is painted) will look much better.
![Time fore repairs](./t-20100719-0914-1698.jpg)
Time fore repairs
![Ugly columns](./t-20100719-0916-1699.jpg)
Ugly columns
![Rotting stairs](./t-20100719-0916-1700.jpg)
Rotting stairs
![Rotting eaves](./t-20100719-0917-1701.jpg)
Rotting eaves
![They can go](./t-20100719-1022-1704.jpg)
They can go
![Bye-bye](./t-20100719-1023-1705.jpg)
Bye-bye
![Rotting support](./t-20100719-1114-1707.jpg)
Rotting support
![Much better](./t-20100719-1114-1708.jpg)
Much better
![Steps gone](./t-20100719-1115-1710.jpg)
Steps gone
![More rot](./t-20100719-1116-1711.jpg)
More rot
![Cutting back the roof](./t-20100719-1626-1712.jpg)
Cutting back the roof
![To get at this](./t-20100719-1626-1713.jpg)
To get at this
![View of the rot](./t-20100719-1627-1716.jpg)
View of the rot
![New support](./t-20100719-1628-1717.jpg)
New support
![stringer gone](./t-20100719-1629-1719.jpg)
stringer gone
![3 3” stringers will replace 2 2” stringers](./t-20100719-1807-1721.jpg)
3 3” stringers will replace 2 2” stringers
![Prepping for paint](./t-20100719-1807-1722.jpg)
Prepping for paint