[Board] Update on bar status

[Dick Blidberg]

Dan
Clearly many years of water.  Glad you guys found it.  Firmly support 
getting someone to do this work that is a well experienced pro.  Thanks 
for the effort!
Dick

On 3/29/2015 9:45 PM, Dan Gingras wrote:
>
> Just  an update on the bar situation.
>
>   Paul Roy and I started the demo last week.  We were shocked to see 
> the amount of rot under the floor, but thought we could patch the 
> floor together and move on.   Unfortunately today, we were joined by 
> Bill, Paul Goldberg, Greg and Jerry and decided to remove the sections 
> with rot.   That was opening Pandora’s box!!  We removed 7 layers 
>   (1.5 inches thick- see photo) of completely soaked material 
> including a sandwich of plywood, tile, plywood, tile and more plywood 
> until (luckily!!) we got to the bottom layer, protected by tar paper 
> and relatively intact, although still water stained. We’re going to 
> let that dry out and move  on from there, this becoming a much larger 
> project that we anticipated.
>
> The amount of water in the floor made leaving the current floor in 
> place just not viable.  The water has also migrated into the walls 
> creating a significant mold problem.
>
> The plan now is:
>
> 1-Remediate the mold problem by spraying with a mold inhibitor
>
> 2-Lay a new3/4 “ pressure treated subfloor behind bar, and remove 2 
> feet of carpeting in front of the bar and remove rotted plywood and 
> replace with 1/2 “  plywood.
>
> 3-Frame the bar with 2x 10 lumber
>
> 4-Lay a waterproof decoupling membrane (schluter DITRA) on the floor
>
> 5-Tile the floor behind the bar and 2 feet in front of the bar.   I 
> suggest we hire someone to do this step.   Unfortunately I was hoping 
> we  could patch this together, but  it’s just not the right way to do 
> it, and would lead to significant structural problems in the future.   
> If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
>
>
>
> Dan
>



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