On 07/16/2014 1:44 PM, DaveT wrote:
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OK - I cleaned out all the rot wood, replaced it with treated deck wood
that presumably won't rot. I raised the base of the treated wood about
an inch higher than the wood went before.

I used exterior primer on all exposed wood, then I used regular
qwikcrete to fill in the existing hole and vertically fill in all open
wood space (the base of the treated wood now lies on about a 1 inch
buildup of qwikcrete - that should stop much wicking).

The photo shows how things look now.

My question is: what to do next? I'm not going to put in any plain trim
and have it rot out again.

Should I encase the whole area using deckwood? Lay on more qwikcrete
vertically up to where the base of the wood trim is now and try to make
it look ok? Or use some flashing to somehow cover the thing up?

I welcome any sensible ideas.

Thanks to everybody for all the help so far.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/126231...n/photostream/


Hmmmm....I can't tell for sure what I'm looking at and the shape of the
fill in that is the dark area. What I had in mind with the concrete
buildup was to form it out a half-inch or so at least in each direction
beyond the dimensions of the brick mould so it became the new base but
having the recess such that the fill in to that or a replacement piece
would fit in as the existing. Looks to me like you've kinda' rounded
over that where you're not going to be able to put in a piece of
moulding now?

I still think you have a basically insurmountable problem with that
being a well at the sill level -- what does the rest of the area around
it look like and where's the overall drainage? I'd still think the real
longterm fix would include raising that sill at least a little above the
rest of the grade.

I'd like some more explanation and a little more of an overview from now
before further more detailed explanations if possible.

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