

That is NOT what it is supposed to look like under tile! All of those discolored splotches are either wet or dry moldy places. EWW!!!!
This picture above is where David's foot went through the floor while just walking across it. It was that bad. Are you ready for the scary part? It's where the REFRIGERATOR once sat (*the big one). The only thing holding up the floor was basically... the ceramic tile. That, and the millions of termites underneath who were standing on each other's backs.....


and THIS is what they found......


The black stuff is mold and rot. The white lines are termite trails. We had been walking around on this for years, expecting it to hold up not just a crowd at every holiday gathering, but also a kitchen full of appliances, cabinets, and more pots and pans than you can imagine.

This was the main support for the exterior wall that holds up.... the roof. Yes, I said the ROOF. Basically, all that was keeping the roof from caving in was the brick, because all the framing was basically shot.
Can you take any more of this destruction?? By this time, my grandma was in need of her smelling salts. The good news is, here is where the restoration begins. Because, well... it couldn't have gotten any worse, unless the roof actually HAD caved in. So the new floor joists went in.


New subflooring went down, plus new insulation.

The sheetrock went up. NOW it's starting to look more like a room, and less like a war zone.






