Defect / Water Leak Remediation

On a hill in Happy Valley. The initial evidence of a leak can at first seem almost innocuous. A little water dripping from the top of…

…a window on the interior. Perhaps the window needs a little caulking on the exterior to plug a hole?

MDF window surround material can end up looking like this even if you just overwater a plant on your window sill. It’s like cardboard. No need to panic.

A little more than a little investigation translates into the need to begin removing stone, as we discover water damaged sheathing behind the stone facade.

Alright, now it’s O.K. to panic. We’re almost having to rebuild the exterior wall in its entirety. Hard to believe the leaking could go on for so long before it showed up on the interior.

All the way up to the roof. As with almost all the projects in our little portfolio here attest to, the cause of this almost catastrophic damage is quite simply a lack of quality-control when applying proper flashing technique to these exterior walls.

We go about replacing the 2nd story exterior envelope components while letting the mastic cure a bit before replacing the stone work on the ground floor. And no…the original stone is not reused.

…back together.
We don’t have room for the photos to show it, but we also did some work on the protruding wall on the opposite side of the deck, up around the 2nd story windows, and there is more to be done here…but limited funds have…

…put the kibosh on any further repairs, for the time being anyway.
Once again…literally better than brand new!