When the chimney and/or the framing, plaster, or drywall around it are wet, most assume that the wetness is due to a roof leak. And, although roof leaks at chimneys are not uncommon, sometimes the wetness is due to another… Read More
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Time to Play – Old Crack vs. New Crack – Part 2
Time to play old crack-new crack Here is how it is played: We will provide a series of photos. You are to determine whether or not they are old or new. The correct answers are provided at the end of… Read More
Time to play – Old Crack vs. New Crack – Part 1
Time to play old crack-new crack Here is how it is played: We will provide a series of photos. You are to determine whether or not they are old or new. The correct answers are provided at the end of… Read More
A Message from St. Patrick
St. Patrick wrote: “I was like a stone lying in deep mud; and He that is mighty came and in his mercy lifted me up, and raised me aloft and put me on top of the wall. And therefore I… Read More
What is Creep?
Creep is a permanent sag in the wood member (it may also occur in concrete or masonry) caused by the stretching and adjusting of the wood fibers to the sustained weight on them, that is, the weight of the member… Read More
Chalk Up Another Victory Over Ice Damming
In case you have been one of the lucky ones that hasn’t noticed, the weather conditions were pretty good for ice damming and leakage from ice damming during the middle parts of February 2014 in the Cleveland Ohio Metropolitan area. … Read More