Construction Defect Repairs
& Building Maintenance

Massachusetts Place

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Massachusetts Place

This 15 unit (single building) condominium building incurred very extensive structural rot damage. The complete exterior stucco system was removed, re-designed, and replaced. Major structural repairs were performed during the process. Complete window replacements were also included. All work was inspected, designed, and directed by qualified structural engineers.

Island Habitat Condos

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Island Habitat

This 67 (ten building) unit Mercer Island condominium complex required extensive exterior repairs including:

• Complete siding replacement,
• Extensive structural rot repairs,
• Related interior repairs and finishes
• Replacement of all Windows
• Complete envelope and Transition flashing replacement
• Complete Deck and Guardrail replacements
• Exterior door replacements
• Exterior painting/finishes

Seattle Eastlake Apartments

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Seattle (Eastlake) Apartments

This one hundred unit apartment building was in severe need of building maintenance work. Only 48 of the 100 units were livable in the six story building due to water intrusion issues. The new owners hired us to restore the exterior waterproofing integrity of the very large community decks. The two 30'x100' concrete decks required re-engineered drainage and waterproofing details to improve performance. The existing tile surfaces were removed. Additional drains were drilled through the post tension concrete slabs. New drain pipes were then connected to the system. Rigid insulation was installed over the existing post tension slabs. Then new veneer concrete was poured over the post tension slabs and sloped for proper drainage. Transition flashings and newly designed door sills were carefully designed and skillfully installed. Elastomeric waterproof coatings were then applied. The existing Steel guardrails were deteriorated and required replacement. New aluminum guardrails systems were installed to assure lasting value and performance.

Capitol Hill Condos

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Capitol Hill Condos

This large early 1900's condominiums building was experiencing water leaking into the interior ceiling/wall areas adjacent to the exterior wall. There was no obvious reason for the leak. Careful examination revealed that the entire roof area was built to drain to this one scupper drain. During heavy downpours, the volume of water would rush through the wall scupper with force and then splash over this lone scupper box. This resulted in large amounts of water overflowing onto and flooding the very old brick exterior. The water would then find paths through the brick wall.

Additional scuppers were not an option to remedy this issue because extensive parapet modifications and major roof alterations would be required. In other words, it would be a major expense. We settled on having a much larger custom built scupper box that extended higher above the wall scupper to pick up the rushing water. Tuc-pointing the adjacent brick mortar joints were the next step in completing the repairs. These corrective repair measures were performed at a fraction of the cost of roof alterations.