This time I decided to work on this area of the house that I started working on before we went on vacation. I started off with cutting out a bunch of rotted out wood and patching the floor to fill in the area that was removed since it would not help us any for a dumb ass cat to find his way into the area under the floor where the insulation is at.
Even with the floor patching there was still the area around the wall that needed to be repaired. This involved cutting a section of drywall at the floor level and putting in some pieces of 2x4's to fill in the areas where rotted wall stud boards were cut out. Since these patches won't be load bearing, I was able to do cheesy patches that are really geared towards providing a solid surface with which to attach replacement drywall panels and a decorative outer panel for the interior of the house. Since the dimensions of the wood used in making the walls of trailer houses don't seem to follow normal dimensions, I had to trim the old wood enough to allow for the best mating of the 2x4's to the old wall studs and boards, especially under the window. The bottom board in the window frame is rotted badly and can only be replaced by removing the entire window from the wall. With the unpredictable weather and temps that can get low enough to make things uncomfortable inside, I'm not going to try to pull the window right now, plus its got a fucking AC unit secured in place and sealed up with caulk. I will probably make this repair when I pull the AC unit once and for all after installing the wall mount AC unit that I plan on using in the near future. I managed to get things patched up enough that the opening going under the floor has been patched all the way up and the wall studs have been reinforced so the wall doesn't move in this area. With the outlet box secured, the next thing will be to replace the patch of drywall that was cut out to open the area up for the repairs. The final plan is to put wall paneling on the walls to cover the drywall and the seams that will result from these patches being installed. The other part of that plan is to install laminated flooring to cover up the raw plywood floor and the patches in this area so none of these repairs will be obvious to someone who sees this area for the first time.
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