Exterior Post Wood Rot Damage
Exterior post wood rot damage is very common especially
if the house isn't maintained on a regular basis. Homeowners should find
a reliable house inspection checklist and use it to inspect your house
at least once a year to prevent problems like exterior post wood rot
damage.
As you can see in the picture above, the claws of the hammer easily went
into the soft damaged wood. I was trying to remove the 2 x 6 wood trim,
when I realized that the exterior 6 x 6 wood post was suffering from
wood rot and water damage.
There's a good chance that the wood post was damaged as
water settled for long periods of time on top of the 2 x 6 band that
wrapped around the post. I can easily assume that that's where the bulk
of the water damage came from, but I'm pretty sure that the large crack
where the black arrow is pointing to didn't help the situation much.
Home Repair Tip: Large cracks like these can absorb a lot of water and
need to be caulked and painted as soon as possible to prevent wood post
water damage in the future.