POS Pacifica Contractor Going to Jail

A Redwood City man was sentenced last week to a two-year prison sentence after

 defrauding a Los Altos resident of nearly $400,000 for a sham construction contract.

 He was similarly convicted in San Mateo County in June for charges against Pacifica 

and Burlingame residents.

Michael George Schaeffer, 52, was convicted Friday of...Read the rest by clicking here

ALLIED SEEKS HELP WATERPROOFING EXPERT FOR ANAHEIM

Saw this at Linked In... click the link to read

Currently looking for an Inside Waterproofing expert for our Anaheim CA

 location, feel free to email me jennifer.harradine@alliedbuilding.com or 

connect with me for more information.

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From JLC- Exhaust-Only Ventilation and More

August 29, 2011
		From the editors of the Journal of Light Construction EXHAUST-ONLY VENTILATION Most houses need only 100 to 200 cubic feet per minute of ventilation, which can be accomplished using kitchen and bath exhaust fans. Learn the basics in the JLC Field Guide, Chapter 7. Advertisement There's good enough. And then there's Marvin. Learn 10 things that make Marvin a better value and register for a chance to visit our factory in Warroad. Click here to learn more. PERFORMANCE OF WEATHERED OSB OSB sheathing retains effective structural strength even after prolonged weathering has caused the surface to turn gray. SAFE LEAD LEVELS IN SOIL NEAR A HOUSE With proper care, homeowners can garden next to a house even if lead paint has been scraped off the building over the years. Advertisement Surround® SR Roofing Underlayment?10X stronger, lighter than 30# felt And comparably priced. Surround SR roof underlayment won't absorb moisture and resists tearing, giving you the superior protection of a synthetic. Visit surroundtypar.com Harris Dictionary of Historic Architecture – 30% off JLC Archive – 50% off GOING BEYOND THE ENERGY CODE From Energy Star to Passive House to "deep energy retrofits," some builders and remodelers are going above and beyond the energy code. Are you exceeding energy code minimums on your projects? Why or why not? Thanks to all the readers who answered last month's survey. Check out the results to this and earlier surveys here. You can add your answers to these older surveys at any time. CRAWLSPACE TO CHIMNEY MOISTURE PATH Here's a mystery that took half a year to solve: failing paint on cement siding near the top of a house was finally traced to a moisture problem that originated in the crawlspace. SUBCONTRACTOR MARKUPS ON MATERIALS Here's a ten-penny question: how should a carpentry subcontractor bill the GC for that simple, but essential, material: the nails? FLOOR FRAMING WITH LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL Framing with steel joists raises a host of practical issues. Here's a long discussion from two years ago that just came back to life. Advertisement Win 200 Linear Feet of RHINO Pro Gutter Guard Each month through December, RHINO is giving away 200 feet of RHINO Pro Gutter Guard—a $2,400 retail value—to one lucky contractor! RHINO Pro Gutter Guard is serious gutter protection that's strong, dependable, and affordable. It installs on most homes in just two to three hours and comes with a 20 year no-clog warranty. Find out why RHINO has so many happy contractors, with so many happy customers. Register for your chance to win! FIRST AID FOR FLOODED HOMES Hurricane Irene has caused severe inland flooding from heavy rainfall, as well as storm surge flooding near the coast. The Red Cross publishes this handbook for homeowners about how to manage the emergency of a flooded house. ROOF SHEATHING TAPE DEMONSTRATION The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) conducted a side-by-side comparison test that demonstrates how taping the joints of roof sheathing can provide back-up waterproofing and save a home's contents during a hurricane if the shingles and underlayment blow off. Here's the video. YANKEE GUTTERS AND BOX GUTTERS ON SLATE ROOFS Joseph Jenkins' "Traditional Roofing" webzine offers this quick look at gutter systems built into the roof plane, or on top of it. Advertisement Simply State of the Art Introducing the new 12" double bevel sliding compound miter saw, equipped with an integrated XPS™ cross cut positioning system. This GUARANTEED TOUGH® DEWALT miter saw has all of the jobsite features that matter most – accuracy, durability, flexibility & portability. Click here to learn more MILWAUKEE CORDLESS PLUMBING TOOLS Plumbing contractor Patrick Hawkins puts three Milwaukee cordless tools through their paces: the 2470-21 PVC shear, the 2471-22 copper-tubing cutter, and the 2432-22 ProPEX expansion tool. POCKET-SIZED INSPECTION SCOPE Surprisingly affordable at $200, the VS36-10WD Video Scope from Voscope has a 2.5-inch full-color screen and a 36-inch flexible lighted probe for peering into dark hidden areas such as walls and pipes. AMPED-UP SHEET METAL NIBBLER The AN3500 nibbler from Kett Tool Co. can chew through 10-gauge cold-rolled sheet steel or 12-gauge stainless at a rate of 90 feet per minute. Advertisement Containment Central -Your Live, Interactive Source for all Things RRP Building experts, industry representatives, related products and tools are available to you in one comprehensive area at Remodeling Show to help navigate you through the jungle of Lead RRP compliance and execution. Register today! To unsubscribe, click here. We will not share your e-mail address with anyone outside our company. For more details, read our Privacy Policy. To subscribe to the JLC Update enewsletter click here. To subscribe to The Journal of Light Construction in print, click here. We always welcome your feedback. Tell us what you'd like to see and send us your contributions — such as feedback to articles and links to good Web content — that you want to share with other readers. The real goal of this newsletter, like its parent publication, JLC, is to let contractors hear from the real experts — other contractors like yourself. Send your feedback to the editor. Thanks for your interest and support.

Life Deck/Life Paint Presents Product Demo September 22, 2011 at Their Santa Fe Springs Location

Life Paint, the manufacturer of Life Deck, will present a demo of their products on Thursday September 22nd. 

Starting at 10 am and going to 2 pm, the demo will present their AL decking system, the newly renamed MC system, formerly called MACoat, Concrete Overlays and epoxy flooring will be presented by Life Deck reps.

The flyer is attached, RSVP asap! Tell em you heard about it here...our advertisers like that!

RePrinted From Davis Stirling-HOA Maintenance Duties

While associations may delegate maintenance to owners, I don't recommend deck maintenance and replacement be an owners responsibility. Like roofs, they keep whats below dry, in my opinion, decks over living space are roofs first, then a deck.

MAINTENANCE DUTIES
QUESTION: If a new set of CC&Rs transfers maintenance responsibility and repair costs from the 

association to the owners, would it be legal?

ANSWER: Yes, it would be legal. Maintenance duties do not automatically follow ownership and

 can be reassigned by the membership via the governing documents. 

Condominiums. In condominiums, members own air space plus an undivided percentage interest

in the common areas. Even though all plumbing and wiring in the walls are owned in common, 

maintenance of these exclusive usecommon areas is typically assigned to unit owners. Civil Code §1364(a).

Planned Unit Developments. In PUDs with townhouse construction, members own their individual 

structures from the roof to the foundation and to the center of the party wall separating it from the next unit. Nonetheless, 

maintenance of the roof and exterior walls is typically assigned to the association even though it has no ownership interest

 in the structure. Assigning maintenance to the HOA should ensure timely and proper roof repairs (via reserve funds) and

 uniform paint colors on exterior walls.

Benefits the Whole. The California Supreme Court determined that "anyone who buys a unit in a common interest 

development with knowledge of its owners association's discretionary power accepts the risk that the power may be

 used in a way that benefits the commonality but harms the individual." The Court concluded that "the reasonableness . . . 

of a condominium use restriction . . . is to be determined not by reference to facts that are specific to the objecting

 homeowner, but by reference to the common interest development as a whole." Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village.

RECOMMENDATION: HOAs can and should amend their documents to assign or reassign maintenance duties in a manner 

that makes sense for their particular development. Since most CC&Rs are vague when it comes to maintenance, clearly 

defining those duties is one of the main benefits of a restatement of an association's governing documents. Doing so 

eliminates ambiguities that frequently lead to costly litigation.

Copyright
ADAMS KESSLER

Reprinted from 
Davis-Stirling.com byAdams Kessler PLC

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