Los Angeles Construction Defect Specialists
The city of Los Angeles and the Greater LA has many old and new homes. Well… regardless of age problems can occur. Older homes deteriorate due to age and need maintenace and new homes can have defective construction. Areas that tend to be most problematic are windows, doors, walls, decks, and flat or slope sloped roofing systems. Let’s face it when these systems start to fail, it’s time to buy buckets and tarps! Or you can call Your Los Angeles Rain Leak Detection Expert to locate the source of your rain leaks.
Our job is to track down leaks into a building’s envelope (exterior) no matter where they derive. Most of us notice leaking when it rains. Although we can argue that it doesn’t rain much in Southern California or the Los Angeles region. Nevertheless, when it does, and your windows leak or your stucco wall leaks and your deck above your bedroom pours in when it rains you will know fairly quickly!
Local Rain leak detection experts near me
As the #1 Water Intrusion Specialist company in Los Angeles we understand buildings systems. Furthermore, building systems fail frequently due to either age or construction defects. The building envelope has many places in which water can enter, so you need to have the understanding that sourcing resin related water leaks may not be a simple task. Failing systems that have no water penetration resistance mean that lots of water intrusion and rain related leaking as water damage will occur. We test many different types of building systems such as;
Not just anyone can perform water intrusion testing. Well… actually anyone can but will be legitimate? Will it stand up in a court of law? Nevertheless, in Los Angeles, all water intrusion testing should be performed to a building standard by qualified professionals who are lab trained. Tests such as the AAMA and the ASTM standardized testing procedures. Regardless of whether or not you’re in a lawsuit.
These standards legitimize testing procedures. In fact, they even tell a test technician, step by step, on how to perform water intrusion tests. In other words, water leak testing needs to be repeatable. Of course, you never know when a simple test manifests into something larger. In that case, standardized testing is a must. Trust me.
New Home Construction Defects in Greater Los Angeles
Reproduce a water test? Why is this? I thought you’d just show up fire up the water spray rack and go at it. It’s not that easy. Let me explain. Well, for starters in New Home Construction Defects in Los Angeles for example. An opposing party would need to verify your claims. Still, the only way to achieve this is to perform the exact same test, in the exact same manner. Repeatable.
Construction defects are aplenty in Los Angeles. Heck, with all the new home construction going on, one must expect there to be new construction defects right? Absolutely. We receive our fair share of calls for construction-related defects. Chiefly water intrusion. These calls derive from West Los Angeles, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, Glendale, Pasadena, and so many more neighboring cities.. Most calls have to do with some type of water intrusion into a newly constructed house.
Thermography scans and inspections in Los Angeles
Thermography inspections for things like water leaks and water intrusion have become super popular in Los Angeles. What’s more, most home inspectors and plumbers now carry these cameras daily. But are they qualified? Anyone can turn on an infrared camera and a spray rack or spray wand and look at pretty pictures taken. But to be an expert…scratch that to be a Certified Water Intrusion Specialist one must also understand proper application of both exterior test equipment, practices, and how to interpret infrared images.
Keep in mind the use of infrared camera images (or the practice of thermography) is only a nice add-on and you should not think that the camera itself (no matter how large or expensive!!!) can see through walls, but rather it helps a qualified applicator read the thermal images of an interiors surface.
