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Here is a house that had water damage due to
improperly installed flashing. There was not very much
visible damage from the inside, but this leak had been ongoing
for a couple of years. The homeowner didn't know there
was a leak until the damage started presenting itself in the
bottom corner of the upstairs room.
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1. View of Downstairs Room |
2.. View of Upstairs room. Some
visible damage starting to apear. |
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3. This view is of downstairs room -
upper corner of ceiling after we removed the sheetrock. |
4. Notice how the decking of the floor
to the upstairs bedroom is damaged. |
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5. This is view of room upstairs, the
corner. |
6. Upstairs room; exterior wall of house
is on right. Notice the staining on the 2 x 4 in the
middle of the picture only goes up approximately 4 ft.
This is where the roof cuts into the wall (see the opening
into the attic area) |
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7. Here is the view from outside the
upstairs room. A poor attempt to install flashing. |
8. Here is view of flashing. You
can actually see daylight from inside the room after we
took the sheetrock off. |
The damage to this house could have been totally avoidable
had the builder installed flashing correctly. Installed
incorrectly, or totally missed however, and the damage now
will cost thousands of dollars to fix.
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