Our storm door blew off in a bad storm and broke the doorframe when it went. We are putting in a new door which needed to be done anyway.
Our old house doesn't accommodate modern door sizes so previous owners put up boards to shrink the doorway. The boards had rotted right at the floor and up about 7 inches.
When we pulled them off we found the floorboards right underneath are also showing signs of rot. They are...squishy and springy. They run under the sill for the front door because they are the floorboards in our enclosed porch.
So my question is what do we do about this small section? My other question is what do we need to do to prevent the new boards from rotting themselves?
I took a couple photos because I don't know if I'm explaining it very clearly. The area in question is on the left side of the doorway. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Repair1465693096.080664.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Repair1465693126.275025.jpg
Our old house doesn't accommodate modern door sizes so previous owners put up boards to shrink the doorway. The boards had rotted right at the floor and up about 7 inches.
When we pulled them off we found the floorboards right underneath are also showing signs of rot. They are...squishy and springy. They run under the sill for the front door because they are the floorboards in our enclosed porch.
So my question is what do we do about this small section? My other question is what do we need to do to prevent the new boards from rotting themselves?
I took a couple photos because I don't know if I'm explaining it very clearly. The area in question is on the left side of the doorway. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Repair1465693096.080664.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Repair1465693126.275025.jpg