Rotten Floor! Vapor Barrier! Raleigh DIY Diva- February 1, 2006

A rotten subfloor! This home was custom built in 1981, and though dated and just old enough to start acting up, she boasts certain attention to details for which we are grateful. For example, although the immediate 3/4 inch plywood subfloor was rotten through and through, the builder (Canterbury Homes) had the foresight to put a vapor barrier between it and a 1/4 inch plywood "sub-subfloor." This vapor barrier and 1/4 inch "shield" of sorts worked nicely to protect the floor joists from said rot. A happy happy thing, since that type of repair could be extremely costly.