Builder & Developer Magazine Article by Atty's Richard Glucksman & Grace Nguyen Discusses SB-800 and Recent Court Case That Affects Sub Contractors

A recently decided case heard by the California Supreme Court, Crawford v Weathershield Mfg. Inc. affirmed a Court of Appeal ruling in that based on the language in the subcontract, the subcontractor has an obligation to defend the indemnitee, under an express indemnity agreement.

This decision puts subs on notice to read and understand their often complex sub-contracting agreements with developers and their general contractors. That detail is the type of detail that would escape an average person's grasp of the seriousness of the issue, and signing that type of contract could put you into a lot of financial hell, with paying attorneys for defect litigation.

Maybe it's time to stand up to these developers who want the cheapest damn price they can get out of us, then they want our asses to suffer for their choices?

Read the rest of the article by clicking our headline...damn attorneys ;)

MER-KO PAREX BECOMES SPONSOR OF WATERPROOFDECKCOATINGADVICE.COM

Ending our week here at Deck Expert Central, we are pleased to announce the addition of our newest sponsor to our website and blog MER-KO PAREX, the manufacturer of Shurdeck and Weather Deck, along with urethane coatings, decorative finishes, sloping compounds, flooring for commercial and residential and waterproofing membranes.

Look for their ad here now under our sponsor list and an ad will be on our website next week.

We are pleased to have Mer-Ko aboard, they are a company that has it's customers best interests in mind and with their new management team, Buck Buchanan, Susan Foster, Tim Harris and Ken Rhodes in palce, the company is poised to grow and provide superior service, products and warranties.

Click the logo to go to Mer-Ko's website, tell them you found them here at the Deck Expert's sites.

Welcome Mer-Ko!

Roof Consultants Institute So Cal Announces Seminar on Roofing Issues

So Cal Chapter of RCI, Inc.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Leed and Title 24: Roofing Issues

Long Beach, CA

MARK YOU CALENDAR. MORE INFORMATION TO COME.

RCI
Continuing Educational Hours (CEHs) from RCI
5

AIA
Learning Units (LUs) from the American Institute of Architects
5
Registration and Location
Registration Time: 1:30 pm

Program: 2 pm to 7:30 pm

Registration Fees:
RCI / AIA / CREIA Member: $100 Non-Member: $125
Registration fee includes course handouts, beverages at registration and a light dinner.

Parking: FREE

Location:
The Grand Event Center
4101 East Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 426-0555


To register, go to www.RCISoCalChapter.org

Questions call: 866/914-4RCI

CENTRAL COAST WATERPROOFING/HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY TEAM UP FOR HABITAT for HUMANITY

The Deck Expert's company CENTRAL COAST WATERPROOFING has donated it's labor and time to Habitat for Humanity's Atascadero project on Traffic Way, and will be applying the Desert Crete decking system from Hill Brothers Chemical Companies Desert Brand Division
that has been graciously donated by the company for this project. See www.DesertBrand.com for more information on their products.

Adam Hill of Hill Brothers said "We are happy to be a part of this worthy enterprise, and we will support our contractors who are willing to give back to the community."

Hill Brothers has been in business since 1923, manufacturing chemicals and flooring and decking products ever since. Desert Brand's Magnesite flooring has been in use since 1923 and is still popular today. Their new Desert Crete system is a cementious system that utilizes metal lath and polymer modified cements to achieve a high strength decking system that is used on buildings throughout the West.

"Central Coast Waterproofing is overjoyed at being able to volunteer our time to this project. As a good citizen of the world, we want to be a part of building family's dreams, and here was an opportunity. When Jon Wickstrom at Midland Homes asked us if we'd like to participate, there was no hesitation, we said YES immediately." said Bill Leys.

The base coat and flashing will be placed this coming week, and after most construction is completed, we'll come back and apply a finish coat.

Look for pictures of the install next week!
Click our headline to find out how you can be involved

West Coast Waterproofing Services Finishes $250k Job at Pine/6th in Long Beach

Having started this job way back in November of 2007, West Coast Waterproofing Services of Paramount has just completed the final phase of the job, completing the application of the finish to the public courtyard at 100 6th Street in Long Beach.

The final value of the job approached $250,000.00 in waterproofing work, according to Bill Leys, the project manager for West Coast Waterproofing.

Desert Crete decking from Hill Brothers Desert Brand Decking & Flooring Division was installed on 139 decks, which were also rebuilt with new plywood and framing due to prior leaks. Sloping, crickets and scuppers will assure that rain water drains properly, and the Desert Crete system will provide the owners of the building, UDR (formerly United Dominion Realty Trust)with a low maintenance easy to care for surface that remains resilient to use and abuse from residents.

The biggest part of the project though, and the most prominent, is the 14,000 square foot Courtyard. The old concrete planters in the courtyard with overgrown landscaping were removed, then West Coast Waterproofing removed the old urethane coatings from the entire courtyard, scarifying, scraping and bead blasting the surface down to the original concrete substrate, then a Hill Brothers Desert Brand decking system, Desert Flex.

After prepping the surface, a leveling/bond coat was applied, and then the task of applying polymeric waterproofing was performed. Staffing levels were high, as the weather in February/March was fickle and protecting the parking garage and storage below was vital. The 14,000 square feet was successfully waterproofed in 2 days, with the screed coat placed on days 3, 4 & 5. Sloping in many areas was performed to improve drainage issues that the Courtyard suffered from.

A new raised deck system was built over the courtyard in the main area, with new modern planters and landscape plants. ADA compliant ramps and sets of stairs provide access to the new common area.

Hill Brothers Desert Brand division worked closely with us to ensure that the system tied into the drains and that the Bison Brand deck supports were compatible with our system.

Along with the decks and courtyard, West Coast Waterproofing provided all of the planter waterproofing, applying Tremco 250GC to apx 3000 square feet of planters on the exterior of the building.

With all new modernized apartments, a fresh look on the building and Desert Brand decking, the building is a place we are proud of working at with the General Contractor, Cal Building & Maintenance (CBMI) of Hawthorne.

Pine Avenue marks the 2nd major rehab job with CBMI, West Coast Waterproofing having redone the decks on a project of their last year in Marina Del Rey on Northstar.

For a bid on your HOA rehab project, call Bill Leys, the Deck Expert, at 805-801-2380.

Pictures of the Week-What's Wrong With This?

So I looked at a job yesterday here in SLO County; the contractor is taking over a job from another contractor, and the decks and stairs were already flashed and drains installed...
This is what I found...looking at the stairs, can you see what's wrong with the flashing/weep screed?

Yup, the weep on the down leg is not there, the stucco guy didn't install a weep, and just brought the paper and wire to the edge of the flashing. Now I have no way of bringing my waterproofing into the corner and out onto the flashing...this is a big leak possibility unless the stucco is opened and weep installed and terminated properly.

Then I looked at this drain set up...I have no idea what they were thinking of either...