I recently purchased (3 days ago) a new home (10 years old) but new to me. Yesterday we began the demo of the kitchen and to our surprise found rotten wood under the tile below the refrigerator. Looking more carfully I noticed staining traveling along the wall and going behine the cabinets. After pulling out the cabinets I found mold growing up the drywall. After tearing out the drywall I found rooten wood going under the base plate of the kitchen wall and oh yeah the base plate is rotten to. Did I mention it is a load bearing wall. Anyway, I am not a contractor and I have a limited budget; do any of you have any sugestions of how to remove the base plat without having to call in a contractor (LIMITED BUDGET). I had a frriend tell me to cut and replace the plate under alternating studss, then come back and tie the studs together using a piece of 2x4 cut to fit between the studs. Can this work or is he just blowing up my skirt?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

signed

overwhelmed

Is This an interior wall?

Is sub floor also water damaged?

If interior wall, build temp wall each side about 2 feet away from existing.

Remove studs in damaged area and remove plate. If subfloor is damaged remove to beam. Install new subfloor and plate.

Reinstall studs if not damaged by rot or replace with new.

Chuck

It's an interior wall non load bearing. I've raised the wall to suppot it while I change the base plate and flooring. The joist are slightly damaged( about a 1/2 inch) on top. I'm thinking of cutting out the rot or at the most 2 inches of the joist and splicing in a 2x2 to make up the difference for the lost wood.

I hired a pro to do it... alls good