Windows Doors, Roofs or Decks | Santa Clarita Water Intrusion Testing

These are perfect conditions for a poorly installed door, window, deck, or roof to cause a lot of water damage inside your home. With median home values in the area hovering around $500K, the last thing you need is a pricey remodeling job you could have avoided. Think your home has sprung a leak? The Water Intrusion Specialist can help your Santa Clarita based home by tracking down you leak.
Most Types of Water Intrusion Damage

Moreover, once the damage has really started taking hold, your drywall starts decaying, wood rotting, etc… the real damage occurs. And, if that goes on long enough, you’ll end up ripping out a big section of a wall, roof, and even a deck system.
On the other hand, even a small leak will supersaturate the drywall and bubble the paint on your walls with water stains. However, there are no quick fixes for even that. First and foremost, you’ll potentially need a whole new coat of blocking primer and fresh coats of paint on the whole wall. Perhaps even an entire room color matched. Not to mention if you get really unlucky, that leak will intersect with your electrical system and cause shorts that can do permanent damage.
Water Intrusion and the Health Risks

This condition can even create respiratory problems in people who have never had them before. On the other hand, should your luck really run out, you can get toxic black mold that has the potential to send people to the hospital after serious exposures.
Water Intrusion Testing Local In Santa Clarita

Depending on the issue, we have a wide verity of standardized testing procedures at our disposal. For example;
- E2128-01a – ASTM Standard Guide for Evaluating Water Leakage of Building Walls
- D5957 – ASTM Standard Guide for Flood Testing Horizontal Waterproofing Installations
- D4262 – ASTM Standard Test Method for Indicating Moisture in Concrete by the Plastic Sheet Method
- F1869 – ASTM Standard Test Measuring for Moisture Vapor Emission Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous Calcium Chloride
- D7053 – ASTM Standard Test Measuring for Determining and Evaluating Causes of Water Leakage of Low-Sloped Roofs
- E1105 – ASTM Standard Test Method for Field Determination of Water Penetration of Installed Exterior Windows, Skylights, Doors, and Curtain Walls, by Uniform or Cyclic Static Air Pressure Difference
- 502-12 – AAMA Field Testing of Newly Installed Fenestration Products
- 511-08 AAMA Forensic Water Penetration Testing of Fenestration Products
The ASTM and AAMA standards are the premier international organizations for developing voluntary standards that are often adopted as industry or regulatory standards. While the process is quite technical in places, this is the overall process we use:
- Gather building information (plans, component information, service history)
- Study weather timing in relation to leaks
- Visual inspection of the suspected leak source
- Testing with tools including borescopes and moisture sensors
- Infrared thermography (if needed or requested)
- Partial disassembly of wall, window, door, or decking (done only with permission)
- Water path analysis
Once we complete all the steps in the process, we write a final report that reports our findings. Most reports include photographs identifying specific problems we identify.
Water Intrusion Testing for Santa Clarita Homes in Escrow

Water intrusion testing by an independent test agency like Water Intrusion Specialist can give everyone some peace of mind. Both parties get copies of the report and see on paper. Any leaking is disclosed in our reporting. On the other hand, if the test reveals no leak, the deal can close with everyone happy.
Window leaks, Door leaks, Deck leaks, Roof leaks in Santa Clarita

Should the issue persist, black mold might even send you to the hospital. Water intrusion testing by Water Intrusion Specialist lets you find the leak source, which lets you deal with it sooner rather than later. Testing can even help you secure a closing if you’re buying or selling a Santa Clarita home.
If you need water intrusion testing performed on your home Start Here to Initiate the Quote Process or call us at 888-381-7377

