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  1. T

    Bathroom Wall Repair

    Good Morning Everyone!! My bathroom wall is affected by moisture and I would like to repair it but I am unsure of the materials needed. I am a new homeowner and I am learning new information, can you let me know if someone professional needs to repair or can I repair? Thank you!
  2. H

    Unoccupied House Maintenance

    Long story short, I inherited a house back in 2021 with some water damage, the floor is sunken in a few spots and a leak behind the refrigerator. The floor has been dried out with fans and the water lines have been blown out with an air compressor. At the time of writing this the house has no...
  3. pbellamy

    Leaky and rotten siding

    I am have vertical wood siding on my house (which is on a hill). I have a room with damp damage immediately below my kitchen. Externally It’s block paving to wooden vertical siding. Siding looks rotten. thoughts on a repair. Do I need to replace the siding Repair the wood and just re-cork with...
  4. M

    Wood embedded in basement floor

    Hi all, Hoping for a second opinion on an issue we're having. We recently purchased a home with a finished basement. A few weeks ago we started noticing a mildewy smell in the basement and, fearing water seepage, pulled up a corner of the wall-to-wall carpeting. What we discovered was that...
  5. B

    Wet towel damage in master bath???

    Hello to all you homeowners out there! Me and my wife are new first time home owners. Earlier today my wife was getting out of the shower and noticed that low on the wall under where she hangs her towel there is some cracking and peeling of the paint. My first thought and opinion was that...
  6. R

    Wood rot and open web floor trusses

    Hello All, I had a long running toilet leak that caused the subfloor to rot around it. I have cut out the subfloor and removed all of the rotten subfloor and I am at the point that i need to box in the area but I am at a loss because I have open web floor trusses with one of the open web trusses...
  7. J

    Identifying leak source

    Hello. Recently, my wife moved a bed to clean under it and we discovered that the drywall by the floor trim is bulging out, the trim itself is warped and also bulging, and the adjacent wood flooring is also slightly warped. Also, about 3 feet directly above this damage, there's a line break in...
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