Exterior Upper Wood Post Damage
One of the biggest problems with wood and water damage is
the fact that you're not going to be able to see it sometimes until you
start to do some construction investigating. In the picture above, it
doesn't look like anything is wrong with the wood post or 2 x 6 with
trim.
The exterior structural beams were still in pretty good
shape and if you look close enough you will notice four galvanized nails
that remained in place after the damaged wood post was removed.
The section of the upper wood post that suffered the
most from water damage wasn't this section that was underneath the deck,
instead it was the area that was constantly exposed to water rolling off
of the upper deck.