Often a builder will complete a job, as in a house, and the buyer or someone down the road decides that he or she wants to have a patio put in. When that patio is poured right over the siding, well, that is a bad thing. This photo, of the corner of the house, makes it all pretty obvious. The lower siding is covered by the concrete.

Moisture collects in the crack between the concrete and the siding, simply physics, and more science -- the wood being at 20% and higher moisture will decay. That is the long and the short of the problem with this type of after construction boondoggle. Then again, maybe the original builder did it that way, but we really hope not!

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Often when I see this the incline is toward the house too!  Excellent!
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I love you guys.  All I can think when I see something like this is. . . .

Here termite. . .  Here termite. . .  Nice little termite, lunch is served.
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Reminds me of all the wood trim I found buried into the stone & mortar on a house I inspected a few weeks ago. Many of the windows had nice little plants growing out from the rotted wood.
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As always Steven, your posts are very informative. Thank you!
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Seems like y'all have the same highly skilled craftsmen up there that we have down here...
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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals. Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.


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