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i just used a shop vac to get down into the trap as best as I could. Most of our stuff was right straight down there. I guess we could have had more past the trap but I got what I could get to.

Basically that whole center area and the 2x4's all have to go. In the fifth picture I still have very little left on the ground. Those are not as bad as the center but still have some rotten spots. The walls on each side of that, where the doors are, have some rot too. Im going to save all...

Well I tore most of that area out. I have some before and after pictures. The floor 2x4 were very rotten. I also found out this has been a problem for a very long time in this house from the neighbor across the street. The basement was redone because it, how it still is so I'm guessing that...

Thanks for all the good info. I figured that the wood was probably bad long before this time. Glad to know for sure though. I did plan on taking all the wood framing out in the bar plus the pine paneling but now I wil for sure. I wa thinking of the pressure treated 2x4's to replace all the...

thanks Nestor_Kelebay again, I must have been writing my next post at the same time as you were. From what he said and what I read online a crock is made of mortar and cement, something like that. I know its mortar and something. I guess its made up in sections and is the old way of doing...

I just have one more question. I do have one corner of drywall that did get a little wet and has been bothering me. I took off the baseboard and saw a dark area about the size of a dime. I thought it was mold so i tore off 2 feet of the drywall and threw it our. Then the bar are in the...

Thanks Nestor_Kelebay for that detailed answer, it's helpful to learn about this because I don't know much about this area at all. We are a little more worried than we should be and the reason is we almost bought a house that had a dangerous levels of mold. About 70,000 in the basement and...

My wife and I bought our house in april and since our floor drains backed up twice. We have a large tree in the front and the roots are in the line. Both times the water was clear so I dont think it was sewage and happened with very heavy rain. The first time we have a rooter service clear...