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[magicmarmot]

It took a bit, but I bashed out the brick that was in the door sill, and discovered that the previous idiot owner had simply nailed raw 2x4s to the concrete underneath. Untreated wood in proximity to concrete rots. The sill pretty much just crumbled to dust, and had let enough moisture in that the brickwork was pretty much destroyed anyway

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your bottom lip

[molasses]

i like it when you say
joist

[sageincave]

arrgh old houses.

[magicmarmot]

Yep. It wouldn't have been so bad if the former owner wasn't such a dimwit.

[g33kgoddess]

If I had a nickle for every time WE said, "The former owner...". Former owners who muddle their way through home improvements and cover them up are the bane of home ownership. Ours cost us dearly in repairs over the years.

Sorry to hear that.