Defect / Water Leak Remediation

North of the Sunset Corridor, AKA north of the Sunset Highway, AKA as N.W. Portland.

A glass block picture window.

A very nice (in our opinion) accent of “light” for what could have easily been a dark stairwell.

Plenty of light while maintaining privacy.

I can say that I have been alive long enough to say that I have seen the appeal of glass block come and go and then come back again.

Ebb and flow, wan and grow, glass-block may be a classic for the lovers of glass and light for generations to come. If you enlarge the photo by clicking on it, you may be able to see the swollen sill-board that resulted in the call to our business.

An exterior examination on a ladder reveals water-weary wooden brick-moulding and a heavy caulking-bead (or something) whose effectiveness has long since passed.

And so it is that we are contracted to make reparations to the exterior seal around this opening.

Upon removing the original exterior trim, we see a layer of foam insulation around the glass that shows signs of excessive exposure to moisture at the bottom of the opening.

We remove any water damaged components, replacing them as needed, and reseal the block structure with commercial-grade sealants and “composite” exterior trim. Easy peasy.