Thursday, May 30, 2013

Found This Blog by Stuart Lieberman Asking "Who Is Responsible in Deck Collapse?"

Condominium Decks Collapse -- Who is Responsible?

Stuart Lieberman Is an attorney with Princeton's Lieberman & Blecher.    The firm represents community associations in New Jersey and New York.  www.liebermanblecher.com

Wildwood Missouri residents who reside at the Sandalwood Creek Condominium Community need to look up at all times, especially to avoid  collapsing decks.  A deck attached to a residential unit collapsed this past Memorial Day when four people were standing on it.  All four are now in the hospital. 

The decks are 30 years old and it appears many have not been properly maintained.  Some appear to be rotting.   One news crew found a decks that was visibly sagging, suggesting that it may be next in line.

So --who is responsible to repair these decks?  Read the rest here http://njcondo.blogspot.com/2013/05/condominium-decks-collapse-who-is.html

MY Take away? Don't rely on owners to maintain or replace....

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Another San Francisco HOA Sues Over Water Intrusion Issues-Deck, Masonry Walls and underground garage all allegedly leak

Another day, another suit...so many modern San Francisco buildings look very cool, but behind the hip looks often lies hidden defects. The usual problem-how to marry modern finishing materials with traditional waterproofing and do it really cheap...
Luxury High Rise SOMA Grand Residential HOA Files Suit Against TMG Partners, Webcor and Related Partners for Faulty Construction
Owners of units in the luxury, high rise SOMA Grand building have filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court for numerous construction defects and building standard violations.

According to the lawsuit, by 2011, the development began to experience significant waterproofing issues in the exterior concrete masonry walls, subterranean garage walls and the expansive podium deck. Exterior sealant joint failures of the pre-cast concrete walls and window defects are also identified.



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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Contractor hired to fix decks at KB Home condo's in FLA sues blogger/homeowner for defamation

A contractor who is fixing the decks at an HOA in Florida is suing a blogging homeowner... 

From NBCNEWS 

Bradenton residents sued by contractor for defamation

"Homeowners in Bradenton's crumbling Willowbrook condominium are in a fierce battle with their builder KB Home. That fight has landed two residents in a lawsuit.

Residents are dealing with balconies that are falling off and mold deep within their walls. They want KB Home to buy back their condos, and many of the residents have even taken up investigating what went wrong with the construction as a hobby.

Homeowner Andrew Smith runs the website, www.thekbhome.com, out of his garage. Residents post news stories about their troubles and note anything they find suspicious. It's some of that material that landed Smith and another resident in a defamation lawsuit."



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Fire On Deck From Gas Grill Gone Awry Causes Estimated $250,000 In Damages and Displaced Five People.

No one died thank goodness. Grills on decks on houses are a bad idea. 
From Bismark ND comes this harrowing tale of one who escaped severe injury or death while trying to be a good Samaritan. Look at what happened over a few dogs and burgers. Cook on the ground! 


Copyright TOM STROMME/Tribune Bismarck fire fighters attend to a fire at 1040 and 1042 Westwood Street in south Bismarck on 5-12 evening. The cause of the fire was a propane grill on a second level outdoor deck said homeowner Rebecca Vettel.

From the Bismark Tribune:
According to a statement from the fire department, fire was coming from the deck at 1040 Westwood St., as well as the deck of the adjoining residence in the duplex and into the home itself. The fire caused an estimated $250,000 damage and displaced five people.



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Monday, May 27, 2013

15 Cats Who Disapprove Of Your D.I.Y. Ways


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10. Bridget regrets to inform you that you are no longer even allowed on the patio, because everything you touch turns to garbage.


You've worked hard to improve your home this spring. You think it looks great. These cats believe otherwise. (And one even blogs about it.) Fear not: Home Depot has your back. You can still be a DIY hero if you get a little expert help. Your cat will thank you later.
See the rest of the DIY cats at 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/h2/fbad/homedepot/15-cats-who-disapprove-of-your-diy-ways

Leave your deck waterproofing to the pro's! 

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Installing French Doors? Ensure They Don't Leak-Install Them Right With Gene Summy's Article at JLC

We work on a lot of decks with French Doors…and often times we find signs of leaking around a door and under the sill where the water had collected and did it's evil work creating dry-rot. 

Other times we get a complaint that "your deck is leaking".

 Inspections find that unless there is a hole in the deck membrane, it ain't the deck…it's the French Door.

Gene Summy of TLS Laboratory in Laguna Nigel is a French Door/water intrusion expert. TLS Laboratories has a special talent in tracking down difficult homeowner occupied leaks. Windows, French doors, roofs, walls, decks, chimneys, or any other leak will be tracked down by TLS Laboratories field technicians. Due to the experience in homeowner occupied homes, and water testing during the course of construction TLS Laboratories is able to take the lessons learned into the field and help builders build better homes.

Here's a piece of Gene's article published at JLC Magazine. I suggest that you download it and keep it close for the next French Door installation you have.

"In California, contractors have been heard to grumble that there are only two types of French doors: the kind that leak and the kind that are going to leak. When they have the first kind, they call my company, TLS Laboratories in Laguna Niguel. We've investigated plenty of leaking French doors over the years, and in our experience it's usually the installation that's faulty, rather than the door itself.

A hinged exterior French door is something like a very large jigsaw puzzle with a small number of pieces. If the pieces are assembled correctly, the pair of sash should fully compress the weatherstripping against the jambs and one another. If the fit isn't quite right, the weatherstripping won't compress and water will seep in around the sash. If a door is going to leak, it most often leaks here.

The next most common leakage area is the sill — not over it, but underneath it, usually as the result of insufficient sealant. Pans and proper flashings also help (I'll talk about them later), but two fat beads of sealant running 6 inches down each trimmer and all the way across the pan — one toward the front edge of the door and another toward the rear edge — will stop a lot of water." 

Read the rest by clicking here. http://www.jlconline.com/caulks-adhesives-and-sealants/installing-french-doors_1.aspx

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