All Forum Posts by: Mitchell Litam

@Carl Fredrickson all those assumptions you made were right. I can’t wipe it up with a towel because it has already dried. Not sure if you were telling me to do that or if you were teaching me about yellow stains

@Tim Johnson I’ll buy a water meter thanks! If there it is mold. How do I address that? Do I have to knock the wall down and addrsss it?

@Randall Weatherall the exterior is a wood siding. Is that what you were asking?

@Tom Gray The material it is on is drywall. Or whatever they used back in the day? A cement maybe? I read efflorescenec is more on rock?

@Tamara Deering You sound super handy! That is amazing! I myself.....well...not the most handy fella. The bondo/plastic wood however sounds like something I can do!

I attached a picture. Is this something that the bondo could potentially fix?

My worry is if it try and tamper and install a new piece I could possibly casue more water seepage.

@Merle Brubacker Yes there is a door between the front entrance door and the heated areas of the house. I have lived here for five years and it just happened sometime last year which is weird.

@Merle Brubacker I dont know how I didnt notice it. I typically go in through the back door and rarely use the front so that makes sense. Can I just sand it down and repaint it? Or is there a better remedy to fix it?

@Merle Brubacker Correct it is an exterior wall. It is right behind a door that opens up into the covered outside porch. It is a duplex so this is where the two doors are. I wish it was condensation so I could just wipe it away but its hard and bumpy. Could it be water intrusion from the outside at all? The siding is starting to show its age a little.

@Tim Johnson No the chimney is no where near this, but you are thinking it is water damage? I have only known water damage as that yellowish stain.

Does anyone know what this is? How to fix it? What may have caused it so I can address it?

As said before it is the staircase on the first floor leading up into the main area.

It is on the porch area and is an exterior wall. What I mean by this is if you were to punch a hole into the wall you would be hitting the exterior wood siding. I didnt really know how else to explain it.

Help?

I have a massive three story house in Lakewood.

About 3,000 sq ft so the estimates to completely side the house is anywhere from $25-30k.

First, does anyone know a reliable handyman who can replace a couple wood siding pieces?

Second. The house is about 100 years old and the wood siding is starting to show its age.

I spent two days chipping and painting two sides cause I got cited from the city of Lakewood.

Its hard for me to spend that much money which wont raise the rent of a tenant at all.

The wood siding is in relatively good condition aside from a couple pieces. Is there a product that I can use to cover up the pieces starting to rot away? 

Should I just suck it up and side the house now? Or should I get another property to help pay for the work?