Erby Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 From the house of an acquaintance. Click to Enlarge 34.97 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 And let's not forget the complete lack of a WRB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks like there's wrap, but it's been cut away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ain't it scary to think whats lurking under all that vinyl siding out there? Think about what another 20 years will do. Yikes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emalernee Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Erby, Can I copy the picture to show my clients what may be happening under their "No Maintenance, Lifetime Guaranteed" Plastic Palace? Do you know how old the house is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Erby, Do you know what the cause was? Did they omit head flashings and just go with J-channel around the window - something like that? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Not my picture. Never seen the house. It's the house of a local realtor who finally realized her garage door header was sagging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ain't it scary to think whats lurking under all that vinyl siding out there? Think about what another 20 years will do. Yikes!!! This can happen and it does happen with other cladding's. I have a home with Hardiplank that I inspected a few months ago with almost the identical problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ain't it scary to think whats lurking under all that vinyl siding out there? Think about what another 20 years will do. Yikes!!! This can happen and it does happen with other cladding's. I have a home with Hardiplank that I inspected a few months ago with almost the identical problem. I see a similar pattern of damage on most houses that have had their siding removed. Leaks at the underside of windows, usually concentrated near the weepholes, are very close to epidemic in my area. The damage isn't always as spectacular as that in the pictures, but there's always some staining, at the very least. Rainscreen is the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 The builder omitted the flashing. Nailing fins are not flashing. You can see the water streaks concentrated at the corners of the windows. Bad detailing directs water behind the tyvek and soaks the OSB. They need to pull the vinyl off the whole house and see what else is FUBAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 The person who owns this house told me the people who tore it apart and put it back together said the J-channel was incorrectly installed, and that's what caused the wholesale leakage. I asked for details, but that's all she had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yeah Bain, but if the flashing and WRB had been done right, the J channel for the siding shouldn't have made much difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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