Yesterday I found a spot in a window that looked like water had leaked in, I started to dig out the sheet rock and found the studs in the bottom corner were rotted. Im sure this was due to a leak we had in the roof years ago but had been fixed but I not seen this spot since my wife has layers of curtains on this window and I just never saw it from the outside. This is an upper window on a 2 story bay window and I haven't looked into the bottom one yet afraid of what I'll find.
I know I'll have to tear out some sheet rock to get a better look at the damage and have concerns since the vertical studs are load bearing. I'm having someone come over to take a look and get an estimate on fixing this.
My question is this, will wood rot be more apparent in the cross members since the water pools here and less on the vertical studs since the water just runs down and doesn't soak into the vertical studs?