Hi. First post but long time lurker. I went to replace the back door to my house yesterday and found that the was no jamb sill and water infiltrated and damages the subflooring and the rim joist under it. Apparently the previous owners already replaced part of the rim joist and "painted" the subfloor, clearly thinking that paint would be a proper way to address a water leak. Regardless of what the previous owner did, now damage involves the subfloor under the kitchen wooden floor to about the first joist and a portion of the rim joist. (see pictures below). The last picture shows the damage from the crawl space. Removing the kitchen wood floor would be a lot of work and there is no way to do it without cutting it and leaving evident damage. I have access to the sub floor from the crawl space. Is there any way to replace the damaged portion of the subfloor from below without removing the floors? [attach]100204[/attach] [attach]100205[/attach] [attach]100206[/attach]

Hi. So the caulking around the the bottom of a couple big windows definitely needs to be redone outside. I'd preferably like to leave doing the job until the warmer months, as there's snow and rain and freezing cold on and off all the time now and less room for error and clear days to do the work. I was wondering if there was anything I can put on the exterior to get me through the winter? Tape? A temporary sealant? I was hoping for some alternative to having to remove the rest of the old caulking and find a type of caulking that I can use in the winter and that's easily available in Canada. As I've said the weather's not good and I don't want to make a mistake and make the leak worse and not be able to fix it because it's wet out. I'm also not sure what the old caulking is made of, silicone, etc.. So I'm not sure what alternative options I have that could adhere over it if any. If my only choice is to redo the caulking then is there any brand you would recommend for use in winter, outside, that are easily available in Canada? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.