Here's a lovely picture of some garage trim on a house in a really nice neighborhood in Wake Forest. The house is only 10 years old, and since the house is probably worth about $500,000 or so, it's got to be good, right? I mean, they construct houses that are that expensive differently than the $100,000 homes, right?
Wrong!
Look closely at the upper left corner on the top/horizontal board. Do you see that "wavy" looking area? You may not be able to from the photo, but trust me, it's there. That, my friends, is wood rot … (14 comments)
We recently performed some closing punchlist work for a new customer through a referral from a real estate agent in Wake Forest, NC. We did a good job, and the customer asked us to come back to repair all of his rotted trim. This house was foreclosed on a few years back, and sat idle for quite some time. As a result there were, and still are (but we're working on them) a lot of repairs!
One particular repair I wanted to show you is the chimney corner boards on the … (14 comments)
water damage: You know you need to repair your house when...
- 01/21/11 03:28 AM
Ok, here you are. Wondering how to know if that funky looking piece of wood is really rotted. How to know if the large crack in the trim is really an indication of a repair. So how do you know? One way is to get an expert to tell you. There are way too many contractors out there that give FREE (yes, FREE! As in no cost to you!) estimates to leave a potential repair unchecked. If you're local in the Wake Forest/Raleigh area and have the nagging itch to know if something needs to be repaired, give me a call … (16 comments)
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