The plywood in the bottom of my bay window is wet and has water seeping up through it from the outside. Is there any way to replace this piece of wood or do I have to replace the whole window?
The plywood in the bottom of my bay window is wet and has water seeping up through it from the outside. Is there any way to replace this piece of wood or do I have to replace the whole window?
Sure.... just needs a lot of work.
Anything can be fixed with enough time and money ;)
Where is the source of the water intrusion?
The bottom of the wood was left unfinished and with the never ending rain it seems to have collected in a piece of trim and been absorbed by the wood.
Get it REAL dry, apply fiberglass?
Yes it can be fixed. I have replaced the sills in four windows in the last year. Cut out the old and replace. It's not real hard, just time consuming. With that setup, you probably need to support the windows just in case.
Find the source first.
look in the first image where there is sprayfoam. that could be directing the water onto the trim/flashing at the bottom of the window, and into the ply wood.
however...look at the 'sweat' on the inside of your window...thats the problem
That doesn't look like a wicking problem from a missing piece of trim. It looks like a pretty serious condensation problem on the inside.
The mildew stain is equidistant from the ends and the edge. If it was wicking, it would be more significant at the end grain. The window jamb at the side is wicking. The window seat is damp from direct contact, I believe.
Make sure you find the source.
There's a lot of condensation on the left window and frame. Is it possible the window is the problem?
EastCoastMojo wrote: There's a lot of condensation on the left window and frame. Is it possible the window is the problem?
without being there i'd bet the window itself is incorrectly installed and is now trash and could be leading to mold inside the wall around it. i remove improperly installed bay and bow windows all the time.
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