I hired a contractor to replace rotted, cracked and damaged clapboard all over the house. I pointed out a soft spot I had noticed in the wall, under the deck. Boy-oh-boy, what a find - ROT!
Whoever built the deck cut a few corners. Seems for whatever reason, perhaps how it was done 30+ years ago, but header board was never cut into the clapboard and mounted properly into the wall studs. Instead they simply nailed the header board over top the clapboards. The second issue is that there was no flashing installed, so what has been happening over the years is water from the deck, instead of draining in front of the header board, was draining behind it, which eventually made it's way between the wall and began to rot.
Truth be told we're lucky, the rot could have been SO much worse had the water been seeping in from other areas behind the header. Fortunately, it was only the one spot. Still the damage was significant and costly to repair, however, the good news is the contractor, who admits to "loving" this type of repair was able to repair, replace and fix all the rot and damage.
Looks as good as new!
After following repairs -
After following repairs -
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