Recent content by brianf1977

stopping the water is beyond me, I don't know where or when it started from. I inherited this house from my parents and the decoration on the wall was there before I got it so who knows what has happened by now. I'm concerned with the distance the water had to travel and how far it went after that.

there is a second floor, it's a bungalow house. the bathroom is on the main floor.

Will removing the lath be sufficient or do I need to remove the plaster and look at the condition of the framing behind it?

Thanks for the help and fast responses

It's lath and plaster, the whole house pretty much is as far as I know. The snow sat a typical time frame. The attic would be questionable to reach that far in but possibly. I'm guessing it's about 15 feet from the crawlspace entrance in the closet upstairs. The gutters are on that side of the...

Sorry,should have thought about that. It's an interior bathroom wall on the main floor of a bungalow. The roof has seen better days but not terrible. As far as snow, it's had snow for a few days or so like usual here. There is a window about 18 inches away.

I'm not sure what caused this or how long it's been there but when I removed the lattice decoration on the wall this was there. I took the decoration down because last time it rained there was drops of water coming from a nailhole under this mess. I'm concerned about how much damage is done.

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I was concerned since it wasn't just the paint peeling, it was the mortar coming out as well and the cinder blocks on the porch no longer are in line with the ones on the house I figured it was moving.

Really? Ok then, thanks

Hello, I wish my first post here wasn't something I was so worried about. Short version of the story I inherited my parents house and after looking at things and talking to them I am concerned. The upstairs wall has a floor to ceiling crack that has increased in size over the years and outside...