Defect / Water Leak Remediation

The Raleigh Hills area. The backside of this house really gets hammered by the sun and the prevalent incoming weather systems out of the southwest.

Almost every window assembly had some degree of water-damage.

Mostly jamb assembly issues, of which the exterior brick moulding is a part. And the exterior window sills are almost always the first component to show damage.

But what began as a wood window repair project quickly translated into some exterior wall repairs as we traced down where the water funneling through those holes in the sills was ending up.

This necessitated that we remove several courses of siding beneath a number of the window assemblies. And of course cedar lap-siding almost always breaks when removed, so it was replaced.

Here’s an example of some of the type of water damage we encountered from some of the water getting through those damaged window sills.

If you enlarge the above photo by clicking on it, you may be able to better make out the progression of steps taken to repair the exterior wall below these windows.

One more piece of siding to be installed around the exterior electrical outlet.

There were also several very exposed dormer-windows at the far end, above the garage. Repairing these necessitated temporary removal so that we could disassemble and reassemble with much more reasonable access to the various window components.

Necessity being the mother of invention has necessitated that we become quite adept at setting up ad-hoc temporary shops. It’s nice when the weather cooperates with this process such as with this project. But ultimately, if there isn’t a garage, carport or covered porch, we can bring out and set up various types of coverings when the weather isn’t so accommodating.