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Damaged Bathroom Window and Rotten Wood Repairs

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Damaged Bathroom Window continued:

Moving to the window side of the bathroom, which I had placed a tarp on the rotten wood back in November it clearly had damage, also part of what I think was causing this damage is the overgrown shrub up against the siding and window. The good news was the upper boards were in good condition and did not need to be replaced.

Also it was good to see when it had been previously repaired plywood was installed to the studs! Still when you move into a house and have to place tarps on windows you know you have some work ahead of you.

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The Importance of Sheathing in Older Homes and the Benefits of Red Cedar Siding

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Sheathing in Older Homes

Many of these older homes were built without sheathing, it was common to nail wood siding onto the wall studs, this does not really support side to side movement like sheathing does. I had added new wall studs when I tore out the old shower, the new studs were set to 16″ on center, the spacing was 21″ which is not where I wanted it to be.

I added 7/16’s sheathing to the outside walls and bought 8″ red cedar siding which is priced at $1.29 per line foot however the look to me is better than vinyl siding especially when wanting to maintain that pre 1800 look also cedar is naturally resistant to insects and has a long lifespan.