Oh, goody.

Our contractor found this yesterday when pulling up the flooring in the laundry room.  Surprise!  You could lose a cat through that hole.  The best part of owning an old house is you never get to fix just one thing. 

Actually it wasn’t a huge surprise since that window had a serious leaking problem for a while.  The whole laundry room used to be a porch and the floor support beams are too far apart giving the entire room a slightly spongy feel. Our contractor (who is the Tennessee version of Holmes on Homes) takes it to heart when you tell him to fix it so it’s right.  So now instead of just putting down new vinyl, he is adding 3 additional beams to the floor (one length wise down the room and two additional in the corner where the rot is) and replacing the portion of rotted floor board.