Defect / Water Leak Remediation

One of the many well-appointed homes in one of the many well-appointed neighborhoods up upon and around Bull Mountain.

As you can see, the day I showed up to perform the preliminary inspection, it was a bit foggy. The previous shot was the day we did the job.

Lots of potential points of entry, such as the wooden horizontal band, the exterior trim, not to mention the nearby adjoining roofline.

This is where the evidence of moisture intrusion is showing up on the interior side.

I’m not certain you can make out the swollen portions on this small photo, so I’ve included some arrows in hopes of helping illustrate where the damage is.

MDF. Medium Density Fiberboard. Friend of the contractors bottom-line, but bane of the homeowner’s maintenance account.

Well there’s a potential point of entry if ever I saw one. Imagine water running down off over the top of the board near the opening, and then add strong gusts of wind accelerated as the moving…

…air-mass is forced up over the mountain.
You can then imagine it running down on the top of the bottom horizontal board till it finds the low point of least resistance into the wall.

But we needn’t worry, Inspector Castro is on the scene with his CSI forensic tool-bag of experience to find and stop the culprit. And yes, we do always replace the water damaged interior surrounds and trim materials, including the drywall if and…

…when needed and if and when it is desired by our clients that we do so. And we do have some reputable painters we are willing to refer if desired. And sometimes, when so desired, we will sub-out the painters so our clients only have to deal with one contractor.