As my brother was taking up staples, I happened to look over and hear him say, "What's going on over here?" At some point I must have gone through the floor in a soft spot. After some prodding, we realized it was termite damage. It doesn't seem extensive, for now, but it required a night of work.
Off came the entire moldings, carefully, so as not to break them. I'm not sure why they had to put 15 nails, 4" in long, when a few finishing nails would have done.... Then Jess had to buy some sawz-all blades on her way over. Then we had to remove the planks, picture coming tomorrow, so we could prepare it for replacement by us or the floor guy (whenever that is).
Our only concern is that there does seem to be some rot in a support. It's not huge, but while it is open, we need to do the right thing and have someone look at it. That someone is a father, another brother, the rest of the Italian family, etc. Stay tuned, ugh.
Oh, but we did find this! Original wallpaper, we think, in a window seat. Small victories.
EDITED TO ADD:
A few pictures, including the rotten threshold from the room to the landing, and the top of the beam from the basement with some damage. The beam about 4" down is solid, so the damage seems limited.
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