Defect / Water Leak Remediation

The Mount Scott – Arleta area of Southeast Portland.

Calling this window opening a wee bit unusual may be considered an understatement by some, but we think someone deserves…

…credit for a creative attempt to highlight the shower stall with a daylight opening that still met the need for privacy. If they had composite trim…

…materials back when this was installed, and if maybe the siding had been something other than vinyl or if the opening had more protection from the elements, it just might have worked.

But as you can see, what our client was hoping would be a relatively painless replacement of some exterior trim quickly unraveled into her bank-accounts worst nightmare. To really appreciate the devastation, you might click the photo to enlarge it.

Even the structural-supports beneath the tub needed to be replaced. Fortunately, we were able to achieve this short of having to pull the tub. Bruce Hinkenlooper readies the new wall stud structure for installation.

The wall is assembled with a new Vinyl window installed to our client’s specifications. Working with our client to try and keep the costs minimized, we re-used what original Vinyl siding we could…

…along with some extra pieces she had on hand, and finished out the top of the exterior wall with our own attempt at creative problem solving. Obviously, this wouldn’t have been our first choice.

And we realize some contractors would have refused to even do a project like this if the funds were not available to make their work look like the creme de la creme of projects, and we think we know what that’s all about.

However, we try our best to avoid looking down our noses at folks of limited means, since in truth…that describes each and every one of us. It’s all relative, is it not? Our technician Tim Afonin puts on the finishing touches by installing some vinyl corner-trim around the new interior window opening.