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Monday, September 21, 2009
Check out Our Video Pages at DeckExpert.com! Over 30 Videos Are Now Available For Viewing
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
OUCH! 17 Million Dollar Repair Bill for Leaky Facade, Decks, Windows at Denver Condo
and you thought your recent special assessment was a lot...
read on about this repair job in Denver!
Swanky Denver condos getting new skin
The tab to replace the Beauvallon's failing exterior is $17 million.
By Mike McPhee
The Denver Post
Beauvallon, the European-style condo complex at East Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Street, is being wrapped, so to speak, not by the artist Christo but by workers who must replace the entire exterior of the twin-tower, 15-story building.
Workers will remove the stucco exterior of the 200-unit building as well as the pre-cast stonework that gives the building its distinctive French style. The $17 million repair job will take 22 months.
The problem, according to Beauvallon homeowners association president Peter Mannetti, was the poor application of the building's skin, which is composed of a fabric vapor barrier, then Styrofoam insulation that is coated with a thin veneer of stucco, troweled on by hand.
There also are problems with gutters and drainpipes.
"The building structure is in very good shape," Mannetti said. "We're repairing the water problems and bringing the building up to the quality that the buyers expected."
About 200,000 square feet of the building's exterior will be stripped off in stages, creating much dust and Styrofoam "fly," particles similar to the "snow" in globes sold in tourist stores. This means the building must be wrapped with tarps to protect the neighborhood. The work began two weeks ago, when about 25 workers began erecting steel scaffolding and wrapping the southern end of the south tower.
Darren Hinton, project manager for Milender White Construction Co., devised a unique procedure for getting the work done with minimal inconvenience to the residents of the almost fully occupied building.
"The scaffolding will be moved down in a spiral fashion to the ground by Christmas," he said. "Then we'll work on the retail space on the first two floors over the winter and do the north tower next spring and summer. We hope that no individual residence will be affected for more than a few weeks."
The building has four empty units, where some of the residents may move while work is being done outside their apartments.
"Hopefully, the building will look exactly the same when we finish as it did when we started — the same cornice shapes, same color, same texture," Mannetti said.
Milender White Construction built the nearby Museum Residences at the Denver Art Museum and currently is redoing the Hilton Garden Inn at South Colorado Boulevard and South Cherry Creek Drive.
Everything on the building that should repel water and the weather will be replaced, including all window and door flashing, rubber membranes under patios, porches and walkways. All gutters and downspouts also will be replaced.
Mannetti said that because the building's more than 800 windows and doors will have to be removed and then reinstalled, the homeowners association voted to pay to upgrade them to efficient, low-E units. The old units will be donated to charities such as Habitat for Humanity, Mannetti said, as they are very usable.
Mannetti, a venture capitalist who lives in the building, said problems began appearing during examinations of the building shortly after the developer, Craig Nassi, turned control of the building over to the HOA in 2005.
Small tests showed poor workmanship, which led to more thorough testing, which showed more poor workmanship. Eventually, after several hundred thousand dollars' worth of "destructive testing," the HOA sued Nassi.
Attorneys Scott Sullan and Joe Smith reached a settlement with Nassi, which was sealed but that several published reports place in the $22 million to $24 million range.
Mike McPhee: 303-954-1409 or mmcphee@denverpost.com
read on about this repair job in Denver!
Swanky Denver condos getting new skin
The tab to replace the Beauvallon's failing exterior is $17 million.
By Mike McPhee
The Denver Post
Beauvallon, the European-style condo complex at East Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Street, is being wrapped, so to speak, not by the artist Christo but by workers who must replace the entire exterior of the twin-tower, 15-story building.
Workers will remove the stucco exterior of the 200-unit building as well as the pre-cast stonework that gives the building its distinctive French style. The $17 million repair job will take 22 months.
The problem, according to Beauvallon homeowners association president Peter Mannetti, was the poor application of the building's skin, which is composed of a fabric vapor barrier, then Styrofoam insulation that is coated with a thin veneer of stucco, troweled on by hand.
There also are problems with gutters and drainpipes.
"The building structure is in very good shape," Mannetti said. "We're repairing the water problems and bringing the building up to the quality that the buyers expected."
About 200,000 square feet of the building's exterior will be stripped off in stages, creating much dust and Styrofoam "fly," particles similar to the "snow" in globes sold in tourist stores. This means the building must be wrapped with tarps to protect the neighborhood. The work began two weeks ago, when about 25 workers began erecting steel scaffolding and wrapping the southern end of the south tower.
Darren Hinton, project manager for Milender White Construction Co., devised a unique procedure for getting the work done with minimal inconvenience to the residents of the almost fully occupied building.
"The scaffolding will be moved down in a spiral fashion to the ground by Christmas," he said. "Then we'll work on the retail space on the first two floors over the winter and do the north tower next spring and summer. We hope that no individual residence will be affected for more than a few weeks."
The building has four empty units, where some of the residents may move while work is being done outside their apartments.
"Hopefully, the building will look exactly the same when we finish as it did when we started — the same cornice shapes, same color, same texture," Mannetti said.
Milender White Construction built the nearby Museum Residences at the Denver Art Museum and currently is redoing the Hilton Garden Inn at South Colorado Boulevard and South Cherry Creek Drive.
Everything on the building that should repel water and the weather will be replaced, including all window and door flashing, rubber membranes under patios, porches and walkways. All gutters and downspouts also will be replaced.
Mannetti said that because the building's more than 800 windows and doors will have to be removed and then reinstalled, the homeowners association voted to pay to upgrade them to efficient, low-E units. The old units will be donated to charities such as Habitat for Humanity, Mannetti said, as they are very usable.
Mannetti, a venture capitalist who lives in the building, said problems began appearing during examinations of the building shortly after the developer, Craig Nassi, turned control of the building over to the HOA in 2005.
Small tests showed poor workmanship, which led to more thorough testing, which showed more poor workmanship. Eventually, after several hundred thousand dollars' worth of "destructive testing," the HOA sued Nassi.
Attorneys Scott Sullan and Joe Smith reached a settlement with Nassi, which was sealed but that several published reports place in the $22 million to $24 million range.
Mike McPhee: 303-954-1409 or mmcphee@denverpost.com
Monday, September 14, 2009
More Pictures Posted at our Hall of Shame!
Deck Expert has been traveling down memory lane...and has found a lot of dirty pics of decks gone bad...we now have over 55 photographs at www.deckexpert.com.
Check out the pictures of what not to do, then check out our gallery of assembling a deck properly at "Components of a Deck" and see how to do it right.
Deckexpert.com, bringing you the only truthful information about deck coatings on the web.
Check out the pictures of what not to do, then check out our gallery of assembling a deck properly at "Components of a Deck" and see how to do it right.
Deckexpert.com, bringing you the only truthful information about deck coatings on the web.
QUEST Building Products Announces CONCRETE RESURFACING DEMO October 7th.
Learn about concrete re-surfacing with Quest Building Products and Americrete on Wednesday October 7th at 10 am til 2.
Located on North Patt Street in Anaheim, staff from Quest and Americrete will demonstrate 1/4 stamping techniques, sealers and staining, epoxy coatings and waterproofing of concrete.
RSVP to 714-738-6640 or email to questbuilding@yahoo.com
Lunch is provided and the seminar is $50.00 with a $50.00 store credit. Free t shirt and a raffle for a Metabo grinder!
Tell them the deck expert sent ya!
Located on North Patt Street in Anaheim, staff from Quest and Americrete will demonstrate 1/4 stamping techniques, sealers and staining, epoxy coatings and waterproofing of concrete.
RSVP to 714-738-6640 or email to questbuilding@yahoo.com
Lunch is provided and the seminar is $50.00 with a $50.00 store credit. Free t shirt and a raffle for a Metabo grinder!
Tell them the deck expert sent ya!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
From Davis-Stirling Newsletter...Cat Trapped in Roof, Is Contractor or Owner Responsible?
Here's a question from Adams Kessler's Davis Stirling newsletter...
Reprinted from
Davis-Stirling.com by Adams Kessler PLC
CAT TRAPPED IN THE ROOF
QUESTION: Who is responsible when roofers accidentally roof a cat inside the roof? The roof is flat and has no access or crawl space. The laborers have conflicting stories about seeing the cat on the roof. Now the owner can hear the cat crying and I need to know if the roofer is responsible to pay for cutting into the space and retrieving the cat. The HOA has not made final payment on the roof. The owner lives on the top floor and lets her cat on the balcony where it jumps up to the roof. We think it got into the rafters during the night and stayed there when the roofers completed the roof the next day.
ANSWER: The cat's owner should pay for the retrieval. Instead of allowing her cat to roam when she knew construction was in process, she should have exercised control over her pet.
Reprinted from
Davis-Stirling.com by Adams Kessler PLC
CAT TRAPPED IN THE ROOF
QUESTION: Who is responsible when roofers accidentally roof a cat inside the roof? The roof is flat and has no access or crawl space. The laborers have conflicting stories about seeing the cat on the roof. Now the owner can hear the cat crying and I need to know if the roofer is responsible to pay for cutting into the space and retrieving the cat. The HOA has not made final payment on the roof. The owner lives on the top floor and lets her cat on the balcony where it jumps up to the roof. We think it got into the rafters during the night and stayed there when the roofers completed the roof the next day.
ANSWER: The cat's owner should pay for the retrieval. Instead of allowing her cat to roam when she knew construction was in process, she should have exercised control over her pet.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Accolade from AsktheBuilder.com About our DeckExpert.com Website
"...your site is very interesting and chock full of information. We wish you the best of luck in your endeavour."
Loren P
VP Sales
AsktheBuilder.com
WE got a nice review from Loren at nationally syndicated Tim Carter's "Ask the Builder" web team. I sent them a link and asked about getting a mention in Tim's newsletter...I can pay them to advertise but that's all I got from them right now...and the nice words. Thanks Loren, we'll keep trying!
Loren P
VP Sales
AsktheBuilder.com
WE got a nice review from Loren at nationally syndicated Tim Carter's "Ask the Builder" web team. I sent them a link and asked about getting a mention in Tim's newsletter...I can pay them to advertise but that's all I got from them right now...and the nice words. Thanks Loren, we'll keep trying!
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