Subfloor Rotted Under Wall

The subfloor is a single sheet that goes under the wall from the kitchen to the bedroom closet.

Subfloor rotted under wall.

The water rotted the subfloor under the fridge and into the bedroom closet floor behind it. Hi i m having trouble finding exact information about replacing rotted subfloor underneath an exterior wall. The only sure way to find out is to remove a section of the wallboard and check the wood behind. Chad positioned the subfloor plywood to go under the wall so he could lay out notches for the pipes in the wall.

Rotten subfloor under bathtub and plumbing wall after discovering a rocking toilet and ripping up the tile particle board underlayment i discovered that the rot around the toilet was the least of my problems. That s because you ll need to shore up the wall to prevent it from collapsing while you remove the floor plate any rotten studs and the rotten subfloor itself. I cut out both sections for the subfloor and knocked off the rotted pieces that were still connected to the bottom of the wall. After cutting the notches for the pipes he positioned the new under wall subfloor piece to reach the floor joist scab and to leave enough room for the full sheet of plywood subflooring.

This is where my question comes. If you find mold growing the wood floor plates behind the wall are at risk of wood rot. I noticed that this damage extended under the bottom plate of the exterior wall. It was badly water damaged.

I m trying to replace some rotted subfloor in my guest bathroom. Rotted subfloor under wall replacement question. For some reason i was expecting there to be an extra wide rim joist on the outside wall and that the floor would end right next to the bottom plate for the exterior wall. Instead it appears to go under the bottom plate for the wall.