Repairs-

• Roof repairs
• Stucco repairs
• Brick repairs
• Stone repairs
• Window repairs
• Door repairs
• Drywall patching
• Leak repairs

Isolated repairs are our specialty!  We use methods learned over the last 17 years while working on multi million dollar engineered designed projects on hundreds of homes.  Our repair methods are thorough and deal with the problem, not a symptom of the problem or just one part of the problem.  We know the work methods used in the 80’s, 90’s, and Currently, that cause the leaks We have spent hundreds of hours water testing and pulling removing the exterior on homes built during these time periods and have found that all have the same defects that are causing the problems.  Often times the worst defects can be fixed with isolated repairs.  They have to be done right and tie into the adjacent exteriors correctly but they can be very effective and less expensive the complete replacement options.

Isolated repair to fix a window leak

Most of the problems we fix are caused by connections, meaning where one component of the home exterior is supposed to tie into to another component of the home exterior, but doesn’t.  Most sub-contractors don’t worry about the next sub-contractor being able to tie into his work.  At best this leave different components of the exterior just butting into each other, and at worst gaps from one component to the other.  All exteriors should have a moisture barrier behind them, this need to over lap, not just butt together.  For example, the moisture barrier behind a stucco, brick or stone exterior, doesn’t keep water out if the moisture barrier doesn’t tie into the window flashing with an overlapping connection.  A home or buildings exterior is designed to overlap from the roof all the way down to the foundation.  When subcontractors don’t tie into each others work thats when leaks happen.  This is why “All Exteriors” work with all the components you’ll see on a homes exterior, stucco, stone, brick, siding, roofing, windows, and doors, since fixing leaks requires working with all parts of the exterior.  Since most contractors that mostly do new construction work focus on one part of a homes exterior they can fix leaks that require other parts of the home exterior to be removed.  They are not versed in all parts of the home or buildings exteriors, and only want to work with the component that they are familiar with, thus there not fixing the “connection” or problem.

Intersection of exteriors consists of, siding, stone, soffit, fascia, 2x fascia board, and roof

Water getting behind stone from roof and siding connections

Roof repairs can vary from some wind damage or a leak around a vent in the roof to a section of the roof that intersects with a wall and is letting water into the wall or home.  Most contractors will be effective at patching in some wind damage shingles or fixing a leak around a vent or skylight.  A roof that is letting water in where it meets another part of the home’s exterior is a different matter.  This is going to require a contractor that is able to not only do the roof work but to remove and replace whatever exterior is on that adjacent wall.    Many contractors will try to just fix what they are familiar with, not tying into the adjacent exterior or fixing the problems with the adjacent exterior that are causing the leak.  The other problem with most contractors is they will fix the most obvious issue, or the issues there familiar with, but not address all the issues that are causing the problem.

Stucco repairs can vary from just a patch to system wide problem on a stucco home.  Foam based stucco systems also know as EIFS stucco systems are prone ot impact damage and needing a patch done is pretty common. Patches are simple but are difficult to hide and still need to be done correctly so that the patch doesn’t crack out or look obvious.  If you have a system wide problem you need to have system diagnose correctly before you any work done.  Cracks, rust spots, isolated staining and cracking, bulged stucco, flaking stucco, can all have varying levels of repairs and different causes.  Before you treat these symptoms make sure you fix the problem, or the cracks, rust, stains, bulges, and flaking stucco will come back.

Brick, and stone can have the same problems as stucco systems, if the moisture barrier behind the brick or stone is not installed correctly and/or if the roof doesn’t tie into the brick or stone correctly, and/or if the brick or stone doesn’t terminate correctly at the roof, foundation or cement flatwork, it will leak into the 2x framing and into the home, just like a improperly installed stucco system.  Stucco’s reputation has struggled in the residential home industry for 20 years but its usually not the stucco system that’s is the problem.  If stucco system are installed according to how they were designed and engineered, they work great.  One of the reasons that you hear so much negative buzz about stucco is so much more of it is installed than brick or stone.  1 out 20 homes will be all brick, 19 out of 20 will be mostly stucco.   Most homes are going to be 80% stucco, with some brick or stone installed on the front of the home.   So you can get leaks behind the brick and stone just like a stucco system and repairing these require the brick and stone to be removed and to be properly tied into the adjacent exterior components.

When water comes into the home at the top of the window, most people assume its the window that is reason for the leak.  Some people even go so far as to replace all of their windows, only to have them leak the next time they have a wind driven rain storm.  Usually water coming at the top of the window is because of a problem with the exterior components above the window.  The water gets in at these connection problem, then runs down the plywood sheathing and comes in at the opening for the window, making it appear that the window is leaking.  Sometimes windows frames are compromised during the manufacturing process, or window frames can be broken during the installation of the window, or while the exterior components on the home are being installed around the window, or sometimes window frames fail over time, and this can cause leaks as well.  These types of leaks can be tough to figure out but can be with different types of water tests the check the structure of the window frame for cracks or holes.

The leak at the top of the lower window was caused by mis-installed moisture barrier and window flashing at the upper window