So I started the house repairs/remodel in the bathroom which was remodeled last in maybe the 1950's. Very classy seafoam colored sink and tub. The toilet must have been replaced at some point. Here are pictures of the very gross, very used bathroom before I ripped everything out.


Also at some point the floor was replaced, or rather covered up. the original fir tongue and groove floor with the linoleum glue was covered with particle board, and everything set back down on top of it. Sounds great except if particle board gets wet, it falls apart.
The wax seal under the toilet had a leak, and the particle board got wet. This caused it to get soft and the toilet no longer had a solid floor to sit on. The toilet could move, and little bits of waste would seep through making the particle board even softer and weaker. This ended up rotting parts of the subfloor which I replaced with some...a ton of help. Thanks Robert!




While we were replacing the sub-floor it turns out the joists had been cut away back in the day to accommodate the new fangled plumbing. Here is what it looks like after we sistered a new 2x8 to the existing joist. You can see the end where it was cut for what looked like the waste water pipe from a sink. Above is the new subfloor of 3/4" 4ply plywood pounded in under the bottom plate.







This part of the room was not too bad, but if you are replacing the subfloor and you dont like the sink and counter......smash it out. This was the fun part, there was no toilet waste impregnated wood dust flying at me.