"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
02/13/2016 at 20:39 • Filed to: None
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"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
02/13/2016 at 20:39 • Filed to: None | 0
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Since the house needed to have two of the rooms’ floors redone, I am starting to wish I was Tim Allen or if he’s right by my side. Stage 1 (Removing stuff from room) :
Stage 2 (Ripping out previous aging floorboard, part of the reason is thanks to that leaking, old water heater) :
Edit: If you’re curious as to why there’s a backerboard down on the floor there, well, there’s a gaping hole as discovered.
Urambo Tauro
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
02/13/2016 at 20:54 |
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Water leaks suck.
Is that mold on the unpainted drywall? Might want to draw a straight line two feet above the floor, put on a proper mask, then cut and remove the lower affected drywall.
Birddog
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
02/13/2016 at 20:54 |
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Oof. I feel for you here.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Urambo Tauro
02/13/2016 at 23:19 |
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If you are going to remove drywall, it’s easier to cut at the four foot mark. Then you can use a 4x8 sheet turned sideways.
Common practice in areas that frequently flood.
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Urambo Tauro
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/14/2016 at 09:09 |
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That’s usually the better method, especially if the drywall was originally installed as such. You can tear it out right to the tape-seam, without the need to mark or cut.
For this application, I’d attempt a two-foot cut to avoid having to re-do the corner bead and finish around the window. You can also get more linear footage out of the new drywall by cutting it exactly in half.
At any rate, you want to follow the mold and tear out as much as necessary. Sometimes it’s worse on the backside.