ok.. So last weekend I removed the passenger side rear window -- the large one on our model and found where the termites had been chomping along with nasty water damage in the rear corner. Below are a series of random photos showing the work area and damage found..
As some of you may know.. Our model had been retrofitted with a full-time bed in the rear -- the factory sofa/bed had been removed along with the seat belts by a prior owner. To the left is what things look like with the bed removed and out of the way -- also notice the a prior owner had removed the sink and put a box in place to hide the plumbing left-overs.
To the left is the area with the bed/seat plywood removed showing the framing attached to the walls. The corner in the center of the photo is the problem area -- lots of rot hiding beneath the nice looking plywood panelling -- as can be seen in the close-up photo below...
In the photo below you can see the corner with the plywood panelling removed -- you can see the extent of the damage -- the corner beam is completely dry-rotted out and after plucking off the worst of the bad stuff only about about 1/2 of the beam remains. The beam to the left of the corner is mostly eaten by termites.. This window is a work-in-progress-- more to come later..
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