Pffft, some flashing and a tube or two of caulk and you're good as new.That wasn't storage. That was the wall on which I was working and those were the tools I'd been using to repair it. The outside material started to rot so I pulled it off. Turns out the studs and parts of the plate and sub floor were pretty nasty too.
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It's amazing how much damage a little water infiltration can do.
Clients house: I was there to build a deck and had to move the hose bib up about a foot. When I pulled off the siding I noticed the sheathing was wet. By the time I was done "opening things up" to assess the damage this is what I discovered. Sheathing and framing on top and right side of the window had dissolved into soil. The only reason it was holding together was the durock, thinset and tile on the other side of the wall. The client had been wondering why they were getting bits of dirt in their shower.
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