Log Cabin Home with Dex-O-Tex On It.

Not really a Picture of the Week, but some interesting pictures never the less...

My buddy Dave DiBaggio of Masterseal is doing this job in Orange County...not a typical house that you think you'd see in the OC, but a real log cabin up in the canyons and mountains above Anaheim.

This is the email I got from Dave describing the job...very cool job, very cool home. Call Dave at Masterseal for your next deck coating job in the OC, Dave will "Do It Best" he's a master and has 20 years experience as an applicator and manufacturer's rep. 949-355-5031 gets you the master direct, tell him I sent ya!

Hi guys,

This is the 3000 sf Fracture Resistant Membrane System installed for use under spaced wood decking and flagstone on the xxxxxxx Residence in Silverado. They are the ones who pressed for the 10 year warranty.

Metal lath + A-81 basecoat, A-81 sloping, 40 mils Barrier Guard with RPII fabric and Resistite protective coating was used. It was flood tested by the freak deluge last week (Williams Canyon is the next one over) and did not leak.

Flashings were stainless steel with SS nails and primed with AF Bondcoat.

Drains were Thunderbird copper balcony deck drains and tile drains with copper nails. The metal lath was held back to avoid contact with the copper and two plies of Barrier Guard and RPII fabric were installed around the drains for extra protection.

Lexel co-polymer sealant was used at all metal joints. The substrate was 3/4 ich - 1 inch exterior plywood (no OSB).

Plan on coming out to see this one in a few weeks. Its a
$2.5 custom log house type construction job that will make the OC magazines when its finished.

Picture of the Week a 62.5 degree difference!

So yesterday in San Luis Obispo, I'm finishing up securing a couple of posts on a deck we just redid, and I'm kneeling in the sun on the deck and put my hand down on the coating...ouch damn that's hot!

I wonder how hot? So I got out my new infrared thermometer...and measured. Hot deck, cool deck in the shade. What a difference...62 degrees cooler!

So even though it wasn't that hot (80's), you can see what your poor deck goes through with the torture tests. Can't wait until summer and I'm down Palm Springs way o see what readings I get out there.

"SUIT HURTS CONDO SALES" Blare the headlines...

This mornings headlines on my news feed featured this condo in Denver...


Suit hurts condo sales
Beauvallon HOA fights developer
By Margaret Jackson
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 05/30/2008 10:22:44 PM MDT

Owners with units for sale in the towering Beauvallon building at East 10th Avenue and Lincoln Street are struggling to sell their units because a lawsuit against the developer is dissuading potential buyers and hanging up financing for anyone still interested.

The suit, filed by the homeowners association, stems from alleged construction defects in the two-tower European-style condo building. It adds an extra layer of difficulty for owners already grappling with a deflated housing market and competing with lower-priced foreclosures in the building.

"If there's a lawsuit between the builder and the HOA, most lenders will not lend on it if it's in process and not resolved," said Chris Starks, senior loan officer at First Class Financial Services. "They're just trying to protect themselves. That's just standard lending practice."

Click the headline to go to the rest of the story...

Of the 26 properties listed for sale in the 210-unit Beauvallon, 12 are either in foreclosure or listed for less than the seller owes on the mortgage. Some real estate agents said they have cautioned their clients about purchasing in the building.

Several residents and sellers in the building declined to comment on the building or the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed last year against developer Craig Nassi and BCN Development, Swinerton Builders, Darlene Sandoval and Big Horn Plastering, gives a laundry list of problems with the building.

Improperly installed copper and metal roofing resulted in water damage to the penthouses and other units. Water damage to the units also occurred because of improper installation of exterior wall vents, balconies and decks, according to the lawsuit.

Deck Expert Endorses Depiction Software's Imaging Software as best software to buy that will increase your decorative coating business.

Having been sold on this software by the graciousness and care shown me by Diane Squire at World of Concrete, despite a horde of people clustering around, that and a 30 day money back guarantee...cause I'm thinking, like at most shows where I buy something that looks slick and will make me money, I am many times disappointed.

Not so with this software. I had to learn it and you will too, but learn it and work it and watch as maybe's and we'll get back to ya's become a thing of the past. Never mind lugging samples around of stuff that customers don't want to see.

Simply take out your digital camera (you do have one right?) take a picture or two of your customers project, then load the pictures into the software. In a few minutes, you can have sample images up on your screen of what the clients project will look like with a new finish on it. Thousands of images are available and you can add your own. Amazing...and so easy too.

As your clients get excited about what they're seeing, your asking the closing questions that gets you to take a contract and print it out on your HP portable printer, because you'll need to be ready to print out a contract with this software in your arsenal.

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Big case in Santa Barbara area hotel defect case

Saw this lawsuit case on a google search...interesting reading so go ahead and click on the headline to read it

Waterproofdeckcoatingadvice.com's vistors hits new high!

Here's some stats from our web stat's

Continuing to prove it's worth, our website last month shattered the record number of visitors we got in March (3390 visits) and April's high of 3957 visitors by 291 visitors, to reach 4248 visitors!

While most are still visiting us with common key words and search phrases, I always like to look and see what uncommon searches led a visitor to us. Someone wanted to know "what kind of cement does Desert Crete use?" to find us. Someone else was looking for deck coating seminars.

Web searches always look for someone to install decking, someone was looking for Pli-Dek installers last month, another was looking for Dex-O-Tex at Home Depot.

Strange requests that led to a visit included "waterproofing a wine barrel". I can't tell you how to waterproof it, but I'll empty it for you...another searcher was looking for suntan lotion information and became so engrossed with our website they forgot about suntan lotion!

Someone else is looking to open a deck coating business, they wanted to know "how to run a successful deck coating business".

Seems someone always wants to know about problems on decks too; due diligence is recommended and we have the information to do it with...one wanted to know about urethane disadvantages and another wanted to know about Westcoat ALX performance. Another searcher wanted to know if Magnesite had asbestos in it. Answer is yes, up through the 60's and 70's Magnesite was made with asbestos...take all proper precautions!

Well I hope in filling your head with these trivial stats, we didn't remove anything of real value!